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) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) dart (c) flower
- 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 6.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) first (c) jar
- 8.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) fork
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) car
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) star
- 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) scarf
- 16.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) turtle
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) circle
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) spider
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) paper
- 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) circus
- 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) third (c) fork
- 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) purple
- 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
Answer key
- turtle
- or
- flower
- jar
- jar
- thermometer
- spider
- hammer
- fork
- car
- or
- ur
- star
- ir
- scarf
- er
- tiger
- bird
- girl
- circle
- popcorn
- popcorn
- shark
- ir
- er
- burger
- paper
- burger
- computer
- or
- ar
- er
- er
- shark
- ar
- or
- ur
- purple
- first
- unicorn
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