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) turtle (b) thermometer (c) third
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) thermometer
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) fork
- 5.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) purple
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) paper
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) guitar
- 12.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 13.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) thermometer
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 18.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) ladder
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 24.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) hammer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) ladder
- 33.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) hammer
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) car
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) flower
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
Answer key
- thermometer
- ir
- scarf
- hammer
- dart
- or
- ir
- ar
- purple
- bird
- guitar
- paper
- tiger
- corn
- unicorn
- fork
- car
- ar
- ar
- third
- ur
- first
- purple
- unicorn
- popcorn
- circus
- turtle
- or
- burger
- ur
- ladder
- circle
- popcorn
- burger
- car
- circle
- flower
- scarf
- ur
- star
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