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 “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) burger
- 2.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) butter
- 5.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) spider
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) yarn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) flower
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) third
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) guitar
- 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) turkey
- 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) shark
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) jar
- 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) bird (c) purple
- 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) purple
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) star
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) fork
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- third
- yarn
- jar
- turtle
- butter
- er
- ar
- flower
- spider
- first
- jar
- girl
- circle
- ur
- ur
- first
- dart
- hammer
- dart
- fork
- ir
- or
- popcorn
- turkey
- circle
- er
- bird
- guitar
- purple
- er
- fork
- shark
- turtle
- or
- girl
- torch
- torch
- star
- scarf
- ar
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