R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) turkey
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) jar
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) bird
- 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) girl
- 10.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) computer
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) paper
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) flower
- 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) dart
- 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) spider
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) tiger
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) burger
- 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) circle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circus
- 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
Answer key
- or
- turkey
- popcorn
- butter
- ur
- yarn
- bird
- ar
- star
- ir
- turtle
- ar
- ur
- circle
- first
- corn
- ar
- popcorn
- circle
- turtle
- guitar
- spider
- unicorn
- car
- er
- ir
- ir
- tiger
- shark
- ladder
- burger
- girl
- third
- ir
- er
- purple
- circus
- butter
- ur
- turkey
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