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) turkey (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) car
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) corn
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) turtle
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) car
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) tiger
- 12.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) flower (c) first
- 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) girl
- 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 23.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) star
- 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) dart
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) fork
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
Answer key
- flower
- tiger
- turkey
- ar
- thermometer
- turtle
- computer
- er
- circus
- ur
- burger
- hammer
- unicorn
- first
- dart
- or
- guitar
- shark
- jar
- burger
- paper
- butter
- thermometer
- star
- car
- ar
- or
- corn
- torch
- ar
- ir
- turkey
- er
- first
- ladder
- fork
- ar
- third
- dart
- tiger
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