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) fork (c) ferk
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) first
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) paper
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) dart
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 10.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) corn
- 15.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circus
- 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) shark
- 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) butter
- 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) corn
- 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) turtle
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) circle
- 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) fork
- 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- fork
- bird
- fork
- star
- yarn
- yarn
- ur
- flower
- or
- ladder
- first
- burger
- purple
- burger
- tiger
- circus
- popcorn
- turkey
- dart
- or
- spider
- ar
- shark
- circle
- ir
- turkey
- car
- butter
- ir
- corn
- corn
- turtle
- ur
- ir
- butter
- circle
- ar
- dart
- turtle
- or
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