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) fork (b) turtle (c) first
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) spider
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) car
- 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) hammer
- 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) girl
- 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 16.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) circle
- 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) corn (c) paper
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) tiger
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) third
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) paper
- 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 28.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 33.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) butter
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) paper (c) yarn
- 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) computer
- 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- first
- flower
- ur
- girl
- unicorn
- purple
- er
- hammer
- or
- corn
- ur
- turtle
- scarf
- butter
- ar
- tiger
- fork
- star
- ar
- guitar
- corn
- guitar
- tiger
- ladder
- turkey
- ir
- computer
- popcorn
- fork
- turkey
- or
- circus
- paper
- butter
- paper
- ir
- turtle
- ar
- ar
- ar
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