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) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) butter (c) corn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) turtle
- 5.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) purple
- 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) turkey
- 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) spider
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) butter
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) computer
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) shark
- 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) guitar
- 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) dart
- 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
- 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
- 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) dart
- 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) thermometer
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) first
Answer key
- star
- burger
- corn
- turtle
- shark
- purple
- spider
- ar
- ar
- or
- burger
- popcorn
- torch
- bird
- turkey
- third
- corn
- unicorn
- ur
- fork
- yarn
- first
- torch
- er
- circle
- ir
- guitar
- paper
- ur
- ur
- ir
- bird
- turkey
- unicorn
- jar
- or
- ladder
- er
- shark
- hammer
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