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 is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) girl
- 3.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) guitar
- 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) bird
- 8.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) circus
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) purple
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) burger
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) purple
- 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) corn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) turtle
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) girl (c) turtle
- 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) circus
- 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) tiger
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) flower (c) circle
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) jar
- 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) bird
- 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
Answer key
- torch
- purple
- tiger
- ur
- computer
- first
- butter
- er
- turtle
- ur
- dart
- ir
- star
- torch
- bird
- corn
- jar
- ladder
- first
- turtle
- ar
- car
- ir
- purple
- turkey
- circus
- er
- yarn
- third
- circle
- spider
- spider
- unicorn
- shark
- or
- computer
- hammer
- turkey
- burger
- corn
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