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) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) corn
- 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 7.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) tiger
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) shark
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 12.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) fork
- 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) star
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) thermometer (c) circus
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) corn
- 24.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) circle
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 31.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) car
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) ladder (c) corn
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) yarn
- 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
Answer key
- burger
- ar
- er
- computer
- ir
- fork
- shark
- burger
- girl
- purple
- turkey
- ar
- hammer
- ar
- fork
- star
- hammer
- unicorn
- guitar
- circus
- ur
- or
- first
- dart
- circle
- bird
- er
- er
- dart
- yarn
- ar
- ar
- circle
- ladder
- ir
- turkey
- butter
- ar
- ir
- unicorn
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