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 “or”? (a) circle (b) car (c) fork
- 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) dart
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) jar
- 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) dart
- 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) corn
- 12.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 13.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) first (c) turkey
- 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) third
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) first (c) turkey
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) flower
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turkey
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) flower
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) circus
- 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) torch
- 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) dart
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 37.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) purple
- 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) thermometer
Answer key
- fork
- ar
- fork
- corn
- turtle
- torch
- star
- paper
- burger
- or
- hammer
- er
- paper
- flower
- ir
- car
- jar
- or
- turkey
- circus
- ar
- car
- purple
- yarn
- popcorn
- bird
- corn
- unicorn
- ar
- star
- first
- butter
- turtle
- turkey
- jar
- ir
- guitar
- purple
- girl
- thermometer
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