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 “ir”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) dart
- 2.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) turkey
- 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) torch
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) star
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) yarn
- 14.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) burger
- 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) fork
- 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) star (c) hammer
- 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) flower
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 28.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) turtle
- 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) flower
- 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) fork
- 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- girl
- er
- turkey
- ur
- ar
- or
- er
- torch
- purple
- corn
- paper
- turtle
- yarn
- jar
- car
- turkey
- ir
- flower
- shark
- guitar
- burger
- girl
- tiger
- hammer
- ar
- fork
- ur
- er
- ur
- star
- turtle
- unicorn
- purple
- flower
- or
- or
- third
- er
- butter
- er
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