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) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) turtle
- 3.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) first (c) butter
- 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 9.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) car
- 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) purple
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) flower
- 17.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 19.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) star
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) shark
- 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) turkey
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) flower
- 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) butter
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) fork
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
Answer key
- circle
- dart
- er
- ur
- turkey
- bird
- butter
- ir
- er
- unicorn
- er
- burger
- er
- paper
- purple
- star
- hammer
- tiger
- er
- computer
- ar
- hammer
- ur
- torch
- fork
- fork
- er
- first
- or
- ur
- bird
- flower
- ir
- ar
- star
- girl
- or
- shark
- popcorn
- jar
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