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 “ur”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) turkey
- 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) torch
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) torch
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) circus
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) scarf
- 12.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 17.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 19.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) fork (c) purple
- 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) dart
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) yarn
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) star (c) unicorn
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) car (c) paper
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) jar
- 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 30.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) dart
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 38.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) dart
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
Answer key
- turkey
- torch
- torch
- butter
- burger
- purple
- or
- er
- scarf
- burger
- scarf
- ur
- er
- ir
- ar
- third
- er
- dart
- ar
- ur
- popcorn
- fork
- ar
- turtle
- yarn
- unicorn
- paper
- thermometer
- yarn
- er
- er
- bird
- butter
- ar
- circle
- fork
- purple
- paper
- dart
- unicorn
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