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) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) torch
- 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) shark
- 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 6.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) computer
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 15.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) butter
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) jar
- 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) third (c) star
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) turkey
- 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) ladder
- 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) third
- 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) paper
- 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) tiger
- 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 37.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) purple
- 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- fork
- first
- burger
- popcorn
- ur
- circus
- or
- car
- corn
- circle
- computer
- turkey
- yarn
- girl
- er
- spider
- butter
- jar
- thermometer
- ir
- star
- flower
- ar
- ar
- ir
- torch
- er
- ar
- tiger
- guitar
- third
- third
- paper
- jar
- tiger
- flower
- er
- scarf
- purple
- ur
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