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) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 2.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) girl
- 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) jar
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) fork
- 17.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) turtle
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 21.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) scarf
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) computer
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) girl
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) fork
- 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 30.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) fork
- 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) car (c) computer
- 34.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 36.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 39.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) dart
Answer key
- fork
- thermometer
- paper
- circle
- or
- ir
- or
- flower
- popcorn
- unicorn
- purple
- ar
- circus
- er
- tiger
- circus
- ur
- jar
- ir
- unicorn
- butter
- torch
- turtle
- torch
- ur
- girl
- scarf
- ur
- ir
- girl
- car
- er
- computer
- car
- dart
- ar
- ir
- paper
- ar
- fork
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