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.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) turtle
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) purple
- 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) paper (c) star
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) yarn
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) purple
- 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) corn
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) hammer
- 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) bird
- 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) computer
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
- 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
Answer key
- er
- er
- shark
- spider
- circus
- ur
- girl
- unicorn
- flower
- first
- ur
- torch
- flower
- yarn
- fork
- ir
- er
- scarf
- ir
- ar
- er
- ur
- third
- circus
- first
- corn
- hammer
- guitar
- purple
- circle
- turkey
- er
- bird
- or
- computer
- butter
- computer
- ir
- scarf
- or
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