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 is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) yarn
- 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) shark
- 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) turkey
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 11.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 12.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) yarn
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 15.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) burger
- 17.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 21.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 23.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) dart (c) tiger
- 27.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) girl
- 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
- 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) fork
- 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) spider
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) butter
- 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
Answer key
- fork
- hammer
- ur
- er
- turtle
- shark
- ur
- turtle
- first
- purple
- turkey
- paper
- yarn
- first
- er
- burger
- ir
- ir
- er
- circle
- ar
- ir
- er
- yarn
- jar
- third
- ar
- tiger
- hammer
- scarf
- tiger
- fork
- ar
- ur
- ladder
- ar
- scarf
- butter
- or
- thermometer
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