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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) popcorn
- 4.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) scarf
- 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) corn (c) turtle
- 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) flower
- 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
- 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
- 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) third
- 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) first
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) circle
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) jar
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) thermometer
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) circle
- 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) turtle
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
- 38.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
Answer key
- ar
- ar
- popcorn
- ir
- scarf
- unicorn
- ar
- turtle
- circus
- turtle
- fork
- star
- purple
- bird
- first
- torch
- ar
- bird
- popcorn
- jar
- corn
- car
- ar
- or
- star
- dart
- fork
- circle
- hammer
- or
- er
- thermometer
- circus
- dart
- ur
- butter
- torch
- girl
- ar
- computer
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