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.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 2.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) scarf
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) first
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) turtle
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) burger
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) butter
- 16.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) turkey
- 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) butter
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) paper (c) corn
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) jar
- 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) corn
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) computer
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) star
- 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 37.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) first (c) purple
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) butter
Answer key
- ar
- car
- purple
- unicorn
- flower
- or
- ar
- corn
- turkey
- or
- ir
- turtle
- dart
- fork
- torch
- er
- thermometer
- third
- fork
- ar
- butter
- bird
- popcorn
- jar
- girl
- ur
- or
- spider
- er
- er
- circle
- corn
- burger
- computer
- star
- flower
- ar
- scarf
- first
- circus
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