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 “er”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) third
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) fork
- 5.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) tiger
- 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) fork
- 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) burger
- 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) scarf
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) purple
- 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
- 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) dart
- 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) fork
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) car
- 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
- 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
Answer key
- tiger
- purple
- spider
- turtle
- paper
- ar
- first
- circle
- ar
- bird
- yarn
- burger
- spider
- ladder
- star
- er
- ur
- fork
- ir
- corn
- or
- ir
- ir
- scarf
- girl
- shark
- car
- or
- ar
- shark
- popcorn
- dart
- torch
- flower
- popcorn
- or
- scarf
- computer
- unicorn
- corn
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