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 “er”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) turtle
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) circle
- 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) turtle
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) scarf
- 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) girl
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) girl
- 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) star
- 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) tiger
- 13.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) third (c) corn
- 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) computer
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) star
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) purple
- 25.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) turkey
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) unicorn
- 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) ladder
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) dart
- 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- hammer
- fork
- er
- third
- ladder
- ir
- girl
- car
- girl
- burger
- torch
- purple
- popcorn
- spider
- third
- star
- corn
- turtle
- star
- butter
- ur
- jar
- ur
- flower
- paper
- guitar
- ar
- corn
- fork
- torch
- circus
- or
- er
- scarf
- burger
- ur
- circle
- turkey
- car
- or
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