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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) first (c) ladder
- 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) burger
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) guitar
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) third (c) popcorn
- 13.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) fork
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) flower
- 17.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) corn
- 21.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) girl
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 26.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) star
- 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) yarn
- 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) hammer (c) third
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) shark
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) shark
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) torch
Answer key
- turkey
- or
- first
- guitar
- first
- burger
- corn
- turtle
- or
- ladder
- ur
- popcorn
- ir
- ar
- fork
- third
- bird
- er
- ur
- jar
- jar
- ar
- girl
- tiger
- girl
- scarf
- star
- hammer
- star
- ar
- yarn
- er
- ur
- ir
- yarn
- fork
- dart
- torch
- unicorn
- turtle
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