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) fork (b) computer (c) guitar
- 2.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) car
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) fork
- 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 9.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 12.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 15.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) third
- 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) turkey
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) fork
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) burger
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) corn
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) ladder
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) turkey
- 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) guitar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) burger
- 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) circle
- 35.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) tiger
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) dart (c) paper
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 40.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- computer
- ir
- shark
- torch
- fork
- third
- turtle
- ar
- ar
- or
- unicorn
- or
- ar
- first
- er
- purple
- er
- fork
- butter
- circus
- ur
- tiger
- circus
- turkey
- car
- ladder
- jar
- ir
- purple
- burger
- corn
- burger
- dart
- yarn
- unicorn
- third
- tiger
- paper
- star
- ur
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