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 “or”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) butter
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) corn
- 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 14.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) popcorn
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) car
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) shark
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) flower
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 26.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) turtle
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) torch
- 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) purple
Answer key
- fork
- or
- er
- ar
- corn
- computer
- er
- ar
- yarn
- corn
- purple
- burger
- fork
- er
- ir
- popcorn
- computer
- turtle
- unicorn
- circus
- girl
- turkey
- ladder
- turtle
- burger
- ir
- ir
- er
- or
- thermometer
- bird
- ur
- or
- circle
- dart
- scarf
- unicorn
- or
- popcorn
- purple
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