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) bird (b) purple (c) fork
- 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) flower
- 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) star
- 6.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) burger
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) purple
- 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 11.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) corn
- 13.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circus (c) star
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) spider
- 17.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) bird
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) dart
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) shark
- 24.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) tiger
- 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) torch (c) tiger
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) girl
- 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- purple
- ar
- flower
- or
- star
- scarf
- ur
- burger
- ladder
- unicorn
- circus
- circle
- shark
- paper
- ur
- spider
- or
- popcorn
- corn
- dart
- unicorn
- turtle
- shark
- ladder
- girl
- ir
- tiger
- butter
- third
- torch
- turtle
- torch
- fork
- ar
- ur
- ar
- paper
- butter
- girl
- ir
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