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) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 2.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) burger
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) star (c) thermometer
- 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 7.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 10.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) circus
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) dart
- 13.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) corn
- 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 21.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) fork
- 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) butter
- 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) purple
- 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) fork
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) scarf
- 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 38.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- hammer
- scarf
- er
- fork
- corn
- unicorn
- ar
- or
- corn
- jar
- car
- tiger
- paper
- turkey
- popcorn
- or
- er
- ur
- scarf
- purple
- shark
- computer
- ir
- ar
- computer
- flower
- turtle
- ir
- circus
- burger
- first
- ladder
- turtle
- hammer
- er
- shark
- girl
- guitar
- guitar
- er
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