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.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) dart
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) corn
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 6.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 7.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) circle
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) hammer
- 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 12.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) fork
- 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 24.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) flower
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) circle
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) hammer
- 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 40.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- er
- fork
- corn
- flower
- bird
- scarf
- hammer
- torch
- popcorn
- girl
- unicorn
- ar
- turkey
- ur
- jar
- or
- scarf
- burger
- ar
- torch
- guitar
- ar
- er
- unicorn
- er
- er
- ur
- shark
- corn
- star
- tiger
- flower
- circle
- hammer
- ar
- er
- dart
- or
- popcorn
- ir
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