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.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 9.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) guitar
- 23.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) flower
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) car
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) first
- 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) third
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) fork
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) girl
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) star
- 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) spider
- 36.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
- 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 38.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) flower
- 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
Answer key
- tiger
- burger
- ar
- ar
- tiger
- er
- or
- car
- circus
- turtle
- ir
- er
- ur
- ar
- ar
- ir
- bird
- fork
- or
- ar
- bird
- torch
- or
- flower
- butter
- guitar
- paper
- third
- ir
- turkey
- computer
- thermometer
- corn
- er
- corn
- jar
- turkey
- or
- shark
- ur
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