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) guitar (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) scarf
- 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 5.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 6.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) jar (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) circus
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) spider
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) star
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) car
- 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) torch
- 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) turtle
- 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) corn (c) thermometer
- 34.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) paper
- 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
Answer key
- turtle
- burger
- ir
- unicorn
- circle
- ar
- jar
- circus
- spider
- purple
- first
- burger
- turtle
- guitar
- ur
- unicorn
- ar
- or
- ur
- car
- yarn
- butter
- girl
- scarf
- ur
- dart
- turkey
- ir
- flower
- shark
- ar
- or
- thermometer
- corn
- ar
- paper
- first
- ar
- circus
- or
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