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) ladder (b) bird (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) dart (c) paper
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) unicorn
- 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) butter
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) burger
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) ladder
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) turtle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) star
- 19.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) corn
- 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) ladder
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) torch
- 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) first (c) tiger
- 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) burger (c) girl
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) spider
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
Answer key
- ladder
- paper
- yarn
- fork
- er
- tiger
- torch
- circle
- or
- circus
- purple
- ir
- circle
- popcorn
- ur
- er
- turtle
- star
- car
- guitar
- ir
- guitar
- corn
- ar
- butter
- turtle
- shark
- turkey
- ur
- ar
- unicorn
- tiger
- ar
- ir
- ur
- girl
- or
- spider
- star
- computer
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