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.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) bird (c) thermometer
- 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) popcorn
- 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 12.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 13.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) ladder
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) corn
- 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) flower
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 26.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) girl
- 30.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) torch
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) tiger
- 33.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) dart
- 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) tiger
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- ir
- bird
- turtle
- guitar
- purple
- yarn
- circus
- ar
- girl
- ur
- burger
- computer
- ar
- ar
- ir
- hammer
- er
- popcorn
- burger
- guitar
- ur
- jar
- ur
- flower
- popcorn
- first
- er
- ar
- girl
- er
- ladder
- tiger
- ir
- scarf
- dart
- er
- or
- or
- fork
- ir
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