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) jar (c) burger
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) dart
- 3.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) scarf
- 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 9.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) star
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) jar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) turkey
- 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) jar
- 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) hammer
- 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) purple
- 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) bird
- 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) torch
- 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
- 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 39.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
Answer key
- burger
- dart
- er
- third
- fork
- or
- shark
- ur
- dart
- star
- jar
- unicorn
- turkey
- ur
- er
- ar
- ur
- ar
- ir
- girl
- or
- ir
- ar
- third
- turtle
- star
- or
- ur
- popcorn
- butter
- scarf
- bird
- or
- circle
- car
- ar
- girl
- ir
- fork
- first
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