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) corn (b) spider (c) jar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) fork
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) jar
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 6.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) fork
- 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) circus
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) car
- 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 22.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) flower
- 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) dart
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) unicorn
- 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) torch
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) computer (c) unicorn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) paper (c) turkey
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) spider
- 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) torch
Answer key
- spider
- burger
- ur
- jar
- turkey
- paper
- or
- butter
- fork
- girl
- er
- turtle
- unicorn
- popcorn
- ar
- yarn
- third
- ar
- ir
- car
- torch
- er
- corn
- purple
- bird
- or
- tiger
- yarn
- or
- circus
- star
- girl
- paper
- scarf
- burger
- first
- hammer
- or
- or
- torch
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