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 “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) burger
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) purple
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) turtle
- 6.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) purple
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) first
- 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 18.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) girl
- 20.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) purple
- 24.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
- 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) corn
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) spider
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) thermometer
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) first
- 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 32.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) turkey
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) butter
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
Answer key
- girl
- fork
- ur
- purple
- turtle
- hammer
- or
- ar
- ur
- paper
- jar
- or
- ladder
- ar
- dart
- popcorn
- torch
- thermometer
- burger
- er
- burger
- or
- torch
- shark
- computer
- corn
- spider
- car
- first
- circle
- first
- er
- corn
- bird
- ir
- spider
- or
- er
- fork
- bird
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