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 is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) car
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) scarf
- 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) fork (c) turtle
- 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) fork
- 18.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 22.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) burger
- 26.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) shark
- 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) spider
- 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) circle
- 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) turkey
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- dart
- er
- bird
- guitar
- ar
- circle
- girl
- paper
- shark
- or
- ar
- torch
- or
- ladder
- fork
- or
- dart
- butter
- popcorn
- er
- turtle
- thermometer
- turtle
- turkey
- burger
- er
- yarn
- shark
- corn
- purple
- spider
- ir
- computer
- er
- star
- circle
- ur
- girl
- circus
- ir
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