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) purple (b) scarf (c) flower
- 2.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) third
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) corn
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) circle
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) burger
- 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) third (c) hammer
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) first
- 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
- 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) computer
- 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) spider
- 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) corn
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) burger
- 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
Answer key
- purple
- tiger
- third
- tiger
- burger
- bird
- corn
- circle
- ladder
- burger
- jar
- hammer
- or
- bird
- first
- turtle
- ar
- girl
- yarn
- star
- turtle
- girl
- er
- unicorn
- unicorn
- first
- ar
- ur
- third
- corn
- computer
- purple
- thermometer
- torch
- ir
- dart
- ar
- popcorn
- turkey
- car
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