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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
- 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) computer (c) turkey
- 5.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) circus
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) third
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) ladder
- 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) circle
- 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) guitar
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) turkey
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) circus
- 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) burger (c) car
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) thermometer
- 30.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) popcorn
- 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) thermometer
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) star (c) bird
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) ladder
- 39.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- er
- torch
- ir
- turkey
- dart
- yarn
- ur
- computer
- turtle
- third
- ir
- or
- or
- girl
- circle
- ir
- popcorn
- guitar
- unicorn
- fork
- ar
- corn
- ar
- or
- burger
- circus
- turkey
- burger
- corn
- er
- ar
- tiger
- purple
- popcorn
- scarf
- thermometer
- bird
- jar
- er
- ar
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