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 “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) torch
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) yarn
- 3.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 9.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) spider (c) turkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) fork
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) torch
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) star
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) burger
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) third
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) fork
- 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 27.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) butter
- 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) circus
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
Answer key
- scarf
- burger
- ar
- turkey
- ar
- computer
- or
- computer
- car
- turtle
- paper
- first
- turkey
- girl
- yarn
- unicorn
- ur
- dart
- or
- flower
- ur
- popcorn
- turtle
- spider
- fork
- shark
- er
- yarn
- ir
- or
- or
- er
- ur
- ur
- hammer
- torch
- burger
- er
- popcorn
- girl
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