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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) fork (c) butter
- 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) thermometer
- 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) star (c) turkey
- 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) fork
- 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 14.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 16.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) bird
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) yarn
- 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) turkey
- 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) burger
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) star (c) flower
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) shark
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) spider (c) turtle
- 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) third
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) fork
Answer key
- or
- er
- tiger
- fork
- or
- thermometer
- first
- butter
- turkey
- guitar
- circle
- purple
- turtle
- hammer
- yarn
- thermometer
- jar
- bird
- popcorn
- purple
- ar
- yarn
- popcorn
- ir
- unicorn
- shark
- corn
- burger
- corn
- or
- third
- ir
- er
- paper
- spider
- circus
- turtle
- ar
- third
- butter
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