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) purple (b) hammer (c) circle
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) hammer (c) scarf
- 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) ladder
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) unicorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) purple
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) circle
- 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) fork
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) corn (c) burger
- 18.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) paper
- 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) third
- 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) spider
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) circle
- 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) shark
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) corn
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) circus
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) fork
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) torch
- 37.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) first
Answer key
- hammer
- turtle
- ur
- er
- scarf
- er
- scarf
- guitar
- ladder
- purple
- star
- circle
- ar
- paper
- corn
- or
- burger
- paper
- yarn
- torch
- er
- popcorn
- third
- spider
- bird
- tiger
- er
- ir
- shark
- jar
- circus
- fork
- ur
- unicorn
- girl
- turkey
- third
- turkey
- ir
- first
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