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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) tiger (c) circle
- 7.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) flower
- 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) butter
- 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) torch
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) third
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) yarn
- 24.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) turtle
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) girl
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) car
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) torch
- 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) turkey
- 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) star
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) bird
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) corn
Answer key
- or
- ir
- computer
- hammer
- star
- popcorn
- er
- or
- ar
- dart
- er
- flower
- butter
- unicorn
- ur
- corn
- ur
- thermometer
- corn
- shark
- circle
- shark
- yarn
- bird
- torch
- purple
- scarf
- first
- ur
- tiger
- popcorn
- girl
- or
- er
- burger
- spider
- jar
- burger
- bird
- third
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