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) or (c) ir
- 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) yarn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) star (c) unicorn
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) turkey
- 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) popcorn
- 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) turtle
- 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) burger
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) scarf
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) first
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) turkey
- 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) thermometer
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) circle
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) turkey
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) corn
- 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- or
- ar
- circus
- star
- ar
- dart
- jar
- er
- er
- shark
- or
- hammer
- circus
- ir
- jar
- scarf
- ir
- unicorn
- ar
- star
- ar
- purple
- thermometer
- fork
- burger
- bird
- first
- unicorn
- spider
- er
- popcorn
- girl
- turkey
- ur
- first
- popcorn
- ladder
- torch
- corn
- er
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