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 “ur”? (a) car (b) girl (c) burger
- 2.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) turtle
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) spider
- 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) turkey
- 11.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 14.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 16.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) first
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 20.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) circle
- 26.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) circus
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 35.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 38.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
Answer key
- burger
- er
- turtle
- spider
- er
- ir
- paper
- scarf
- turkey
- turkey
- er
- ur
- or
- er
- thermometer
- ar
- first
- turtle
- burger
- popcorn
- ar
- hammer
- unicorn
- ar
- circle
- ir
- ir
- fork
- ir
- ar
- guitar
- circus
- ar
- first
- er
- ar
- yarn
- ur
- hammer
- third
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