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) butter (b) turtle (c) third
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) corn
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 8.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) guitar
- 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 26.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) star
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 31.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) car
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) star
- 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 38.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) shark
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
Answer key
- turtle
- fork
- ur
- thermometer
- turkey
- or
- torch
- ir
- ur
- or
- er
- scarf
- burger
- shark
- ir
- corn
- er
- or
- shark
- ladder
- turkey
- ar
- guitar
- ar
- jar
- er
- er
- bird
- unicorn
- third
- or
- butter
- ir
- circle
- spider
- girl
- guitar
- circle
- butter
- bird
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