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.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) tiger
- 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) car
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) torch (c) turkey
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) paper
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) first
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) bird
- 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) yarn
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) fork
- 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) corn
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) turkey
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) jar
- 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) circus
- 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 37.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) girl (c) burger
- 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- ir
- ar
- ar
- tiger
- circus
- circle
- turtle
- ar
- third
- ur
- paper
- burger
- or
- ur
- car
- popcorn
- purple
- flower
- ur
- yarn
- fork
- star
- computer
- corn
- purple
- ladder
- torch
- ar
- or
- ir
- first
- thermometer
- scarf
- paper
- or
- hammer
- er
- er
- girl
- ir
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