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 “ir”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) circus
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) burger
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) corn
- 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) circus
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) corn
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 14.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) car
- 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 18.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) fork
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) paper
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) guitar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) tiger
- 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) yarn
- 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 30.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turtle
- 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) guitar
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) dart
- 39.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) circus
Answer key
- girl
- hammer
- torch
- or
- fork
- purple
- purple
- flower
- circus
- popcorn
- third
- tiger
- yarn
- er
- er
- car
- guitar
- hammer
- unicorn
- fork
- thermometer
- or
- paper
- guitar
- yarn
- popcorn
- turkey
- ur
- unicorn
- thermometer
- star
- turtle
- bird
- ar
- girl
- burger
- ur
- computer
- circle
- butter
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