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) turtle (b) thermometer (c) torch
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) third (c) yarn
- 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) circle
- 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) car (c) popcorn
- 7.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) car
- 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) circle
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) scarf
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) girl (c) burger
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) star (c) purple
- 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) first
- 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) circle
- 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) bird
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) corn
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- thermometer
- yarn
- girl
- turtle
- or
- popcorn
- er
- fork
- ladder
- third
- jar
- torch
- purple
- purple
- or
- spider
- or
- girl
- star
- ar
- ar
- ir
- popcorn
- unicorn
- guitar
- tiger
- first
- er
- turkey
- dart
- ur
- turkey
- er
- or
- dart
- bird
- burger
- ar
- corn
- ir
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