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) first (b) dart (c) purple
- 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) car (c) first
- 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) torch
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) torch
- 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) car
- 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 10.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 16.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) circle
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circle
- 23.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) flower (c) jar
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) burger
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circle
- 30.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 32.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) turkey
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) car (c) bird
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) corn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turtle
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) circus
- 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
Answer key
- purple
- ar
- butter
- fork
- circus
- girl
- burger
- car
- third
- car
- or
- ur
- circle
- er
- hammer
- er
- spider
- unicorn
- thermometer
- turkey
- computer
- corn
- er
- flower
- unicorn
- er
- ur
- ar
- circle
- er
- turtle
- ar
- ladder
- bird
- burger
- dart
- fork
- ar
- popcorn
- guitar
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