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 is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) circus
- 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) corn
- 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) flower
- 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) car
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) flower (c) fork
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) first
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) torch
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) fork (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) spider
- 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
Answer key
- burger
- or
- circus
- popcorn
- ir
- ur
- corn
- ir
- hammer
- flower
- third
- ar
- purple
- butter
- popcorn
- turtle
- girl
- tiger
- circle
- torch
- fork
- turkey
- girl
- er
- dart
- thermometer
- scarf
- torch
- third
- spider
- ur
- or
- or
- spider
- corn
- ur
- or
- or
- ar
- unicorn
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