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) torch (b) butter (c) dart
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) bird
- 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) guitar
- 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 7.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
- 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) first (c) flower
- 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 13.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) girl
- 16.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) jar
- 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) fork
- 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) ladder (c) dart
- 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
- 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) fork (c) spider
- 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) car
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
Answer key
- butter
- corn
- or
- ir
- burger
- circle
- er
- jar
- corn
- flower
- torch
- popcorn
- or
- ar
- tiger
- spider
- guitar
- or
- ar
- purple
- turkey
- girl
- burger
- or
- unicorn
- thermometer
- first
- bird
- dart
- ur
- turkey
- dart
- ur
- ar
- scarf
- ur
- spider
- or
- car
- ir
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