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 “ir”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 2.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) torch
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 5.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) car
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) purple
- 10.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) burger (c) star
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) turtle
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) circus
- 16.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) thermometer
- 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) corn
- 23.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) girl
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) star (c) flower
- 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) fork
- 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 36.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) fork
- 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- circus
- er
- turkey
- ir
- guitar
- or
- purple
- car
- purple
- er
- spider
- dart
- first
- corn
- burger
- paper
- thermometer
- ir
- er
- turtle
- ir
- yarn
- turkey
- ar
- ur
- or
- thermometer
- ur
- hammer
- flower
- torch
- fork
- ladder
- girl
- popcorn
- yarn
- or
- computer
- shark
- er
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