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 “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) scarf
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) circle
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) computer
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 6.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) spider
- 8.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) car
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) star (c) girl
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) girl
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) spider
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) thermometer
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
- 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) flower
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) fork
- 26.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) dart
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) spider
- 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) bird
- 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- bird
- purple
- ur
- dart
- car
- er
- third
- er
- shark
- scarf
- car
- popcorn
- girl
- girl
- guitar
- spider
- burger
- or
- corn
- guitar
- ar
- torch
- flower
- turkey
- fork
- bird
- yarn
- turtle
- tiger
- yarn
- or
- hammer
- turkey
- ir
- tiger
- circus
- circus
- shark
- burger
- ar
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