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) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 2.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) guitar
- 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) torch
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 14.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 16.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) bird
- 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) first
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) circle
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) turtle
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
- 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 26.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 27.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) thermometer
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) purple
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 34.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) purple
- 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) thermometer (c) first
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
Answer key
- turtle
- tiger
- unicorn
- paper
- ur
- or
- unicorn
- spider
- or
- ir
- er
- torch
- burger
- ir
- corn
- er
- bird
- ar
- fork
- ir
- thermometer
- circle
- fork
- torch
- turkey
- er
- spider
- ir
- car
- yarn
- purple
- or
- purple
- first
- popcorn
- corn
- ar
- dart
- guitar
- bird
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