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) hammer (b) burger (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) purple
- 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) first
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) tiger
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) girl
- 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) first (c) spider
- 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) first
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) circus
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) car
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) shark
- 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 26.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) car (c) fork
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) guitar
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) third
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) burger
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) girl
Answer key
- corn
- purple
- ir
- ar
- first
- or
- hammer
- tiger
- torch
- girl
- corn
- burger
- hammer
- yarn
- spider
- circus
- car
- purple
- turkey
- first
- circus
- butter
- car
- shark
- torch
- ir
- ar
- or
- guitar
- fork
- circle
- ar
- turtle
- shark
- or
- turkey
- popcorn
- third
- burger
- jar
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