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) burger (b) star (c) corn
- 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) torch
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) bird
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 9.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) third
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) butter
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) first
- 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) tiger
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) torch
- 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) tiger
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) circle
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) butter
- 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) dart
- 37.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- burger
- ir
- yarn
- fork
- car
- tiger
- paper
- turtle
- butter
- or
- jar
- turtle
- first
- turkey
- third
- fork
- unicorn
- circus
- computer
- ar
- ar
- girl
- popcorn
- tiger
- bird
- circle
- ar
- butter
- ar
- ur
- ir
- er
- ladder
- or
- ir
- dart
- ir
- first
- ir
- er
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