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) turtle (b) circle (c) computer
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) torch
- 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) dart
- 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) circus
- 10.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) star
- 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) circle
- 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) car
- 18.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) bird
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 24.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) purple
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) guitar
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) guitar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) jar
- 29.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) dart (c) fork
- 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
Answer key
- computer
- fork
- ar
- ar
- purple
- turkey
- girl
- or
- circus
- ar
- star
- popcorn
- or
- circus
- circle
- ir
- paper
- er
- ur
- popcorn
- ur
- unicorn
- ur
- girl
- corn
- ladder
- unicorn
- jar
- ir
- flower
- er
- third
- hammer
- burger
- guitar
- guitar
- thermometer
- spider
- fork
- scarf
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