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) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) corn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) guitar
- 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) purple
- 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) third
- 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
- 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) car (c) corn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) guitar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) spider
- 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) scarf
- 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) car
Answer key
- fork
- ladder
- burger
- ar
- bird
- turkey
- yarn
- corn
- ar
- guitar
- ir
- thermometer
- ur
- or
- ar
- purple
- circus
- third
- burger
- or
- computer
- ur
- jar
- er
- purple
- corn
- circus
- first
- ur
- dart
- or
- shark
- paper
- spider
- flower
- star
- scarf
- turkey
- popcorn
- fork
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