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 “ur”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) turtle
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) fork
- 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) third
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) torch
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 13.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) spider
- 15.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) girl
- 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 18.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) computer
- 20.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) girl
- 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 27.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) hammer
- 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) thermometer
- 33.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 34.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) third (c) paper
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turkey
Answer key
- turtle
- or
- popcorn
- flower
- purple
- torch
- or
- turkey
- fork
- hammer
- star
- bird
- thermometer
- shark
- ladder
- car
- ar
- er
- fork
- er
- corn
- or
- butter
- or
- or
- jar
- ir
- circus
- circus
- guitar
- turtle
- unicorn
- spider
- corn
- shark
- burger
- ar
- ar
- ar
- yarn
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