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 “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) first
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) purple
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) corn
- 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) fork
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) car (c) burger
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) spider
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) first
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) corn
- 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) fork
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) corn
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) girl
- 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) third
- 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) girl
- 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) unicorn
Answer key
- hammer
- circle
- tiger
- hammer
- butter
- burger
- guitar
- unicorn
- turtle
- or
- fork
- computer
- ar
- star
- or
- ir
- or
- fork
- or
- scarf
- ir
- dart
- turtle
- circus
- ur
- girl
- circle
- third
- guitar
- corn
- yarn
- spider
- ar
- ir
- popcorn
- ur
- star
- torch
- ar
- paper
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