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) computer (b) turtle (c) corn
- 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) star (c) unicorn
- 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) corn
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) butter
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) star (c) corn
- 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) hammer
- 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 24.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) circle
- 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) torch (c) dart
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) jar (c) computer
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) fork
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
Answer key
- turtle
- ur
- unicorn
- turkey
- ur
- ur
- burger
- car
- ladder
- turtle
- hammer
- corn
- third
- butter
- tiger
- star
- ir
- bird
- er
- ar
- guitar
- dart
- yarn
- first
- fork
- torch
- ir
- ur
- ar
- popcorn
- scarf
- purple
- unicorn
- torch
- computer
- fork
- thermometer
- tiger
- er
- thermometer
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