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) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) purple
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) star (c) thermometer
- 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) jar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) first (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) first
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) turkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) turtle
- 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) circle
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) third
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) fork
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) car
- 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) fork
- 24.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) fork
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) dart
- 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) hammer (c) bird
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) flower
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) flower
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) bird
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
Answer key
- star
- butter
- first
- third
- ur
- unicorn
- jar
- hammer
- or
- ar
- circus
- ar
- turkey
- shark
- or
- circle
- third
- turtle
- corn
- burger
- fork
- dart
- guitar
- flower
- fork
- spider
- corn
- bird
- girl
- car
- ur
- er
- er
- jar
- first
- ar
- tiger
- thermometer
- computer
- bird
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