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) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) star
- 3.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) butter (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) corn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) circle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) purple
- 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) jar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) shark
- 14.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 15.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) unicorn
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) burger
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
- 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) burger
- 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) ladder
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) dart
- 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
Answer key
- turtle
- star
- er
- star
- or
- ar
- corn
- burger
- circle
- purple
- purple
- jar
- hammer
- er
- ar
- unicorn
- first
- fork
- ur
- or
- ir
- circus
- dart
- car
- ur
- ir
- scarf
- er
- turtle
- turkey
- er
- popcorn
- or
- ar
- er
- or
- corn
- ladder
- turkey
- scarf
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