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 “ir”? (a) computer (b) third (c) yarn
- 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) star (c) hammer
- 7.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) circus
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) circus
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) corn
- 12.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) car
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) butter
- 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) butter (c) jar
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) turtle
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) fork
- 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) purple
- 37.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) paper (c) corn
Answer key
- third
- ur
- ar
- purple
- ur
- star
- flower
- purple
- burger
- circus
- turkey
- er
- jar
- turtle
- ir
- thermometer
- turtle
- scarf
- scarf
- or
- fork
- circus
- hammer
- er
- jar
- torch
- popcorn
- burger
- third
- corn
- shark
- fork
- or
- er
- turkey
- popcorn
- butter
- er
- er
- corn
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