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.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) shark
- 3.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) dart
- 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) star
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) circle
- 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 12.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) hammer
- 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) flower
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) torch
- 22.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) fork
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) circle
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
- 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) paper (c) turkey
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) jar
- 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
Answer key
- er
- shark
- ar
- or
- dart
- er
- circle
- tiger
- turtle
- turtle
- er
- or
- ar
- thermometer
- car
- bird
- bird
- unicorn
- fork
- dart
- torch
- ir
- er
- ir
- or
- circus
- fork
- circle
- unicorn
- turkey
- or
- popcorn
- ar
- ar
- star
- third
- turkey
- ur
- jar
- ar
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