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 “or”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 3.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) car
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) tiger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) first
- 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) turkey
- 13.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) fork (c) circus
- 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) purple
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) shark
- 26.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 28.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) dart
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circle (c) burger
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) flower
- 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) spider (c) fork
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) paper
- 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- unicorn
- turtle
- er
- burger
- yarn
- purple
- or
- paper
- ir
- corn
- er
- circus
- popcorn
- or
- burger
- star
- ur
- turkey
- er
- popcorn
- ar
- ur
- first
- paper
- third
- er
- third
- computer
- dart
- car
- car
- tiger
- turtle
- torch
- ir
- spider
- ar
- star
- circle
- or
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