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) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 2.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) girl
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) paper
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) first (c) burger
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 11.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) car
- 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) ladder
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) corn (c) turtle
- 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) purple
- 25.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) spider
- 27.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 29.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 30.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 31.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) butter
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) third (c) popcorn
- 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) bird
Answer key
- purple
- thermometer
- or
- fork
- paper
- ladder
- first
- turtle
- ar
- first
- or
- burger
- car
- ar
- burger
- corn
- ar
- ur
- ar
- or
- er
- unicorn
- purple
- torch
- third
- scarf
- ar
- unicorn
- circle
- hammer
- or
- er
- er
- girl
- ir
- turkey
- ir
- popcorn
- turtle
- tiger
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