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) jar (b) purple (c) third
- 2.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) flower
- 5.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) torch (c) turtle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) fork
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) yarn
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) jar
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) butter
- 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 14.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) burger
- 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) car
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) paper (c) circus
- 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) star
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) dart
- 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) corn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) scarf
- 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
Answer key
- purple
- ir
- jar
- fork
- scarf
- star
- jar
- turtle
- guitar
- corn
- spider
- butter
- turtle
- shark
- third
- ur
- ar
- car
- or
- circus
- corn
- or
- er
- er
- turkey
- er
- ur
- yarn
- star
- dart
- ur
- first
- fork
- er
- ir
- third
- tiger
- burger
- ar
- computer
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