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) scarf (b) flower (c) burger
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
- 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) computer (c) turtle
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) flower
- 24.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 25.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) first (c) popcorn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) bird
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) turkey
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) torch
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) turtle
- 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
- 40.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- burger
- purple
- ar
- yarn
- er
- fork
- or
- star
- turkey
- car
- ur
- circle
- er
- ir
- ar
- shark
- spider
- ur
- or
- ar
- turtle
- bird
- turkey
- dart
- ir
- or
- popcorn
- guitar
- circle
- torch
- ir
- flower
- burger
- bird
- unicorn
- butter
- ar
- turtle
- scarf
- ar
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