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 “ur”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) circus
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) third
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) hammer
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) spider (c) circle
- 7.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) hammer
- 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) car
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) paper
- 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) first
- 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) third
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) first
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) bird
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circus
- 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
Answer key
- turtle
- computer
- fork
- flower
- star
- circle
- third
- turkey
- ar
- purple
- ar
- ir
- car
- purple
- corn
- or
- er
- ar
- bird
- jar
- torch
- ar
- ladder
- scarf
- bird
- butter
- jar
- scarf
- or
- ir
- burger
- ur
- er
- third
- turkey
- torch
- ar
- burger
- circus
- dart
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