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 “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) circle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) torch
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) girl
- 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) star
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) yarn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) car
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circus (c) corn
- 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) first
- 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) third
- 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) girl
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) circle
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 31.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) turkey
Answer key
- purple
- dart
- first
- guitar
- ladder
- or
- star
- circus
- turtle
- hammer
- car
- ur
- flower
- corn
- popcorn
- purple
- popcorn
- dart
- fork
- third
- third
- ir
- ir
- torch
- computer
- girl
- fork
- unicorn
- er
- computer
- or
- turtle
- circus
- unicorn
- ar
- er
- turkey
- ur
- paper
- paper
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