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 “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) shark
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) flower
- 3.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) spider
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) computer
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) girl
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) dart
- 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) bird
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) bird
- 20.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) flower
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) first
- 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) purple
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 31.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- corn
- flower
- ar
- spider
- computer
- burger
- ur
- ir
- ar
- thermometer
- or
- girl
- dart
- ir
- paper
- turtle
- purple
- burger
- bird
- ar
- er
- torch
- yarn
- tiger
- circus
- turkey
- er
- star
- unicorn
- or
- er
- popcorn
- bird
- or
- shark
- ir
- thermometer
- ir
- purple
- or
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