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.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) computer
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) circus
- 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) first
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) jar
- 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) car
- 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) bird
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) girl
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) car
- 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) spider
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) guitar
- 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circus
- 40.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- er
- unicorn
- circle
- ar
- bird
- star
- ur
- ar
- bird
- ladder
- purple
- scarf
- ur
- corn
- fork
- first
- er
- jar
- er
- third
- er
- dart
- shark
- shark
- fork
- corn
- ar
- ir
- ir
- ladder
- torch
- purple
- burger
- guitar
- ar
- hammer
- first
- unicorn
- burger
- er
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