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) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) bird
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) fork
- 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) fork
- 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) third
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) star
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) paper
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) flower
- 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
Answer key
- butter
- or
- er
- flower
- burger
- ar
- er
- popcorn
- unicorn
- turtle
- corn
- purple
- or
- ar
- torch
- bird
- fork
- ladder
- star
- ir
- computer
- ar
- bird
- guitar
- circle
- torch
- scarf
- flower
- turkey
- purple
- fork
- shark
- spider
- or
- guitar
- or
- thermometer
- scarf
- ar
- popcorn
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