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) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) burger (c) thermometer
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) jar
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) torch (c) bird
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) bird
- 8.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) turkey
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) car
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) fork
- 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) first
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) turtle
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 24.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) burger (c) bird
- 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) shark
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) torch
- 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
Answer key
- first
- burger
- corn
- ir
- torch
- ur
- purple
- bird
- turkey
- paper
- turkey
- car
- ar
- ir
- fork
- or
- turtle
- first
- ir
- guitar
- unicorn
- girl
- torch
- er
- er
- car
- circus
- star
- fork
- bird
- ur
- flower
- girl
- ir
- ar
- er
- ar
- scarf
- or
- flower
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