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 “ur”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) turkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) dart
- 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) jar (c) turtle
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) flower
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 20.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 27.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) shark
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) third
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) star
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) fork
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) paper
- 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) spider
- 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 40.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
Answer key
- turkey
- turtle
- purple
- ur
- dart
- unicorn
- jar
- corn
- or
- ur
- star
- thermometer
- bird
- fork
- dart
- ir
- guitar
- ur
- shark
- er
- ir
- er
- scarf
- ar
- ar
- girl
- er
- er
- shark
- ir
- tiger
- or
- thermometer
- girl
- fork
- paper
- popcorn
- scarf
- circus
- ladder
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