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) fork (b) circle (c) turtle
- 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 5.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 11.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) circle
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) star (c) burger
- 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) bird
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) computer
- 25.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) ladder
- 27.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) flower
- 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 32.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) unicorn
- 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) turtle
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) flower
- 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 38.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
Answer key
- turtle
- turkey
- flower
- corn
- er
- turtle
- bird
- car
- ur
- ur
- er
- ir
- dart
- computer
- circle
- tiger
- popcorn
- torch
- guitar
- purple
- star
- fork
- bird
- burger
- ar
- jar
- ar
- ar
- dart
- flower
- spider
- paper
- car
- third
- spider
- girl
- thermometer
- ir
- or
- or
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