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) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) circle
- 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) popcorn
- 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) scarf
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) corn
- 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) dart
- 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) guitar
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) corn
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) circus
- 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 38.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
Answer key
- hammer
- or
- turtle
- ir
- or
- ur
- computer
- or
- fork
- dart
- purple
- bird
- circus
- unicorn
- paper
- scarf
- bird
- purple
- ar
- first
- torch
- corn
- ur
- guitar
- ur
- turkey
- er
- hammer
- turtle
- turkey
- thermometer
- or
- torch
- butter
- ar
- ir
- shark
- ladder
- er
- burger
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