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) spider (b) corn (c) guitar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) star
- 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) hammer
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 6.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) car (c) turkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) torch
- 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) hammer
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) third
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) bird
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) thermometer
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) flower (c) girl
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) car
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) corn
- 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) butter
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) yarn
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) fork
Answer key
- spider
- burger
- fork
- hammer
- corn
- er
- star
- popcorn
- thermometer
- yarn
- tiger
- turkey
- torch
- dart
- ar
- fork
- turtle
- unicorn
- shark
- ur
- ur
- girl
- turtle
- popcorn
- scarf
- thermometer
- ar
- girl
- tiger
- guitar
- ir
- butter
- ur
- third
- dart
- or
- ur
- ir
- yarn
- bird
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