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) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) popcorn
- 3.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) girl
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) star (c) unicorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) circle
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) girl
- 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) car
- 15.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) circus
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) torch
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) spider
- 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) computer
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) jar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) first
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) computer
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) butter
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) turkey
- 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
Answer key
- fork
- hammer
- er
- ar
- thermometer
- torch
- or
- unicorn
- circle
- turtle
- girl
- popcorn
- ur
- thermometer
- jar
- ur
- turkey
- burger
- bird
- turkey
- ir
- spider
- burger
- or
- shark
- ar
- or
- ur
- ir
- circus
- paper
- third
- first
- purple
- corn
- turtle
- butter
- yarn
- torch
- star
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