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 has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) ladder
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 8.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) scarf
- 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 12.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) scarf
- 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 18.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) corn (c) scarf
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) computer
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) yarn
- 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) shark
- 30.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) guitar
- 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) car
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- tiger
- or
- shark
- butter
- purple
- ladder
- fork
- er
- ir
- girl
- hammer
- er
- circus
- ur
- er
- turtle
- popcorn
- jar
- scarf
- computer
- bird
- paper
- ir
- star
- bird
- tiger
- first
- popcorn
- shark
- or
- paper
- or
- er
- unicorn
- er
- ur
- girl
- ur
- car
- or
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