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 is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) bird
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) jar
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) spider
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 12.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) third
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turkey
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 24.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) shark
- 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
- 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 30.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) dart
- 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) shark
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) yarn
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- turkey
- bird
- star
- circus
- girl
- popcorn
- burger
- ar
- fork
- spider
- purple
- ar
- flower
- purple
- or
- car
- er
- computer
- turkey
- tiger
- guitar
- turtle
- fork
- ur
- thermometer
- shark
- jar
- ar
- yarn
- ir
- unicorn
- torch
- shark
- scarf
- ir
- tiger
- paper
- circle
- yarn
- or
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