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) spider (b) purple (c) first
- 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) burger
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) tiger
- 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 7.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 8.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) bird
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) torch
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) first
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) flower (c) fork
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 23.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
- 25.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 26.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) first (c) fork
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) computer (c) turkey
- 30.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) turkey
- 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) car
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) third
- 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) corn
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
Answer key
- purple
- ar
- ur
- corn
- tiger
- unicorn
- third
- ir
- hammer
- ur
- or
- torch
- ur
- turtle
- fork
- er
- ar
- or
- ar
- shark
- fork
- turtle
- or
- scarf
- ar
- ir
- thermometer
- first
- computer
- or
- shark
- torch
- popcorn
- jar
- or
- er
- bird
- star
- butter
- circle
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