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) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) third
- 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) fork (c) butter
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) turkey
- 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) tiger
- 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) car (c) spider
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) shark
- 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) popcorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 25.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) fork
- 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) star
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 34.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) flower
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) burger
- 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
Answer key
- yarn
- unicorn
- turkey
- first
- or
- torch
- or
- er
- ir
- turkey
- tiger
- corn
- tiger
- ir
- spider
- torch
- ar
- thermometer
- ir
- ur
- turtle
- car
- shark
- ladder
- ir
- guitar
- turtle
- or
- jar
- ur
- star
- yarn
- dart
- er
- fork
- popcorn
- thermometer
- or
- circle
- scarf
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