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) bird (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 2.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) first
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) hammer
- 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 9.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) jar
- 12.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) paper
- 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
- 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) torch
- 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) fork
- 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) dart (c) turkey
- 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) circle
- 34.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) circus
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) hammer
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
Answer key
- bird
- hammer
- girl
- burger
- ar
- ur
- hammer
- burger
- er
- torch
- jar
- ir
- star
- paper
- car
- ar
- corn
- torch
- ur
- circus
- or
- or
- fork
- butter
- popcorn
- flower
- turkey
- third
- ar
- ladder
- purple
- jar
- circle
- ir
- first
- ur
- spider
- circus
- guitar
- circle
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