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) flower (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) first (c) burger
- 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) circus
- 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 13.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) fork
- 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) shark
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) circus
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) jar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) spider
- 24.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) corn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) third
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) paper
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) fork
- 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) fork
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) car
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) car
- 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) computer
Answer key
- unicorn
- ar
- first
- jar
- torch
- computer
- ur
- corn
- or
- fork
- ur
- torch
- er
- yarn
- guitar
- burger
- ar
- shark
- turtle
- guitar
- circle
- turkey
- spider
- er
- computer
- third
- corn
- fork
- ar
- car
- purple
- hammer
- er
- turkey
- butter
- or
- yarn
- flower
- car
- circus
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