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) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 5.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) computer (c) girl
- 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) bird
- 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 12.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) circus
- 14.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) spider
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) fork (c) burger
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) dart
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turtle
- 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 23.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) dart
- 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) bird
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) butter
- 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) unicorn
- 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
Answer key
- hammer
- or
- ar
- burger
- ir
- er
- purple
- girl
- yarn
- turkey
- guitar
- er
- dart
- ur
- spider
- or
- ir
- third
- corn
- turtle
- ur
- ur
- or
- turkey
- popcorn
- ar
- torch
- star
- bird
- ar
- torch
- popcorn
- thermometer
- ur
- purple
- ar
- ladder
- spider
- ar
- tiger
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