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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) ladder
- 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 10.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) flower (c) torch
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) scarf
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 14.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 15.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) turtle
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) star
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) ladder
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) turtle
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) star
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) burger
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) first (c) flower
- 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) circus
- 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) first
- 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) torch (c) flower
Answer key
- er
- yarn
- or
- circle
- ar
- ar
- ladder
- ladder
- torch
- first
- car
- bird
- third
- popcorn
- circus
- turtle
- turkey
- ir
- tiger
- fork
- torch
- turkey
- third
- popcorn
- ur
- spider
- ir
- ar
- star
- guitar
- fork
- ur
- jar
- circus
- butter
- ar
- flower
- thermometer
- or
- flower
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