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.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) third
- 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) first
- 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) unicorn
- 8.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) guitar
- 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) guitar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) bird
- 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) first
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) star
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) bird
- 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) flower
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) jar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) girl
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 34.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) dart
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) turkey
Answer key
- third
- ar
- first
- er
- or
- bird
- unicorn
- er
- guitar
- circle
- or
- burger
- or
- turkey
- torch
- circle
- purple
- ir
- first
- dart
- popcorn
- butter
- car
- or
- flower
- jar
- car
- corn
- ur
- ir
- turtle
- thermometer
- star
- er
- fork
- computer
- spider
- ar
- ladder
- ladder
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