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) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 4.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) bird
- 6.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) purple (c) tiger
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) turtle
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) popcorn
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) flower (c) burger
- 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 16.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 17.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) burger
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) purple
- 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) burger
- 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 27.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) paper
- 31.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) bird
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) popcorn
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- fork
- turkey
- ur
- tiger
- torch
- paper
- corn
- first
- butter
- hammer
- bird
- ur
- car
- ar
- scarf
- girl
- bird
- burger
- purple
- ir
- first
- turkey
- star
- or
- jar
- burger
- guitar
- yarn
- unicorn
- circle
- ar
- ar
- ar
- ar
- ar
- purple
- fork
- popcorn
- butter
- ur
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