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) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) car
- 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) circus
- 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) purple
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) first (c) turtle
- 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) butter (c) first
- 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) butter
- 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) turkey
- 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) car (c) purple
- 19.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) flower
- 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) circle
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) shark
- 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 31.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) computer
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) purple
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) circus
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) yarn
- 40.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- turkey
- turkey
- ladder
- circus
- scarf
- ar
- guitar
- turtle
- guitar
- first
- first
- butter
- corn
- tiger
- torch
- unicorn
- er
- purple
- er
- or
- flower
- third
- or
- ur
- circle
- or
- or
- ir
- burger
- spider
- girl
- unicorn
- turtle
- ir
- flower
- er
- jar
- circus
- thermometer
- ur
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