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 “er”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) butter
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) burger
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) turkey
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) circle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) tiger
- 10.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 12.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 15.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) guitar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) fork
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) turkey
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circus (c) fork
- 22.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) turtle
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
- 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) star
- 33.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) flower
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) spider (c) car
- 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- butter
- first
- star
- ir
- scarf
- turtle
- paper
- turtle
- girl
- er
- or
- guitar
- bird
- dart
- er
- torch
- jar
- turkey
- unicorn
- fork
- car
- er
- tiger
- ar
- ur
- torch
- turkey
- ur
- thermometer
- ur
- scarf
- star
- yarn
- burger
- purple
- spider
- ir
- purple
- corn
- or
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