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 “ur”? (a) star (b) fork (c) turtle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) turkey
- 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) torch
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) turtle
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 10.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) butter
- 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) yarn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) unicorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) flower (c) turtle
- 22.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 25.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) burger (c) paper
- 28.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) third
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) computer
- 34.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 38.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- turtle
- turkey
- ir
- ladder
- turtle
- yarn
- girl
- spider
- unicorn
- ir
- or
- or
- or
- ir
- torch
- er
- star
- or
- ladder
- scarf
- flower
- tiger
- ar
- ir
- ir
- fork
- burger
- third
- third
- ur
- hammer
- ar
- dart
- purple
- dart
- spider
- star
- er
- or
- ar
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