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 “er”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) burger
- 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) bird
- 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) guitar
- 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) circle
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 16.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) star (c) turtle
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) circus
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) fork
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) shark (c) tiger
- 23.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) car
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) fork
- 27.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) car
- 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
- 30.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) guitar
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) corn
- 34.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) turkey
- 36.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 39.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) butter
Answer key
- paper
- ur
- turkey
- burger
- er
- ar
- bird
- burger
- or
- guitar
- purple
- girl
- circle
- turtle
- dart
- hammer
- fork
- guitar
- turtle
- circus
- third
- shark
- first
- flower
- car
- ladder
- ir
- thermometer
- scarf
- er
- corn
- unicorn
- butter
- er
- girl
- ar
- er
- star
- or
- fork
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