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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) paper
- 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 7.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) circle
- 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) turtle
- 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) car
- 16.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) fork
- 18.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) circus
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) jar
- 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 23.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) first
- 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) turkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) bird
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) jar
- 30.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) bird
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) hammer (c) corn
- 33.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) thermometer
Answer key
- ar
- turtle
- ir
- paper
- ir
- girl
- er
- corn
- ur
- circle
- ur
- turtle
- ar
- circle
- purple
- dart
- circus
- ir
- star
- bird
- bird
- popcorn
- hammer
- first
- ur
- shark
- girl
- turkey
- jar
- er
- tiger
- corn
- er
- or
- scarf
- guitar
- ar
- butter
- third
- thermometer
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