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) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) burger
- 3.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) first
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) corn
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) computer (c) turtle
- 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) dart
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) torch
- 11.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) shark (c) thermometer
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) ladder (c) unicorn
- 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) ladder
- 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) star
- 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) torch
- 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 25.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) first (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) third (c) paper
- 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) turkey
- 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) purple
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- hammer
- burger
- er
- yarn
- corn
- star
- computer
- shark
- spider
- circle
- ar
- bird
- shark
- unicorn
- or
- turtle
- dart
- ur
- star
- or
- ar
- corn
- hammer
- purple
- or
- er
- circus
- first
- guitar
- popcorn
- paper
- car
- ir
- butter
- ur
- purple
- dart
- ar
- ar
- or
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