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) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) shark
- 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) paper
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) flower
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) turkey
- 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) girl
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) burger
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 17.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) flower
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) thermometer
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) corn (c) turtle
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) paper
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) burger (c) fork
- 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 32.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) first (c) spider
- 34.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) torch
- 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) star
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) corn (c) purple
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- fork
- tiger
- ar
- girl
- paper
- ladder
- ur
- ur
- first
- popcorn
- turkey
- popcorn
- girl
- circle
- ur
- circus
- ladder
- purple
- ur
- flower
- car
- circle
- corn
- or
- turtle
- scarf
- burger
- jar
- or
- yarn
- car
- butter
- spider
- computer
- guitar
- turtle
- star
- purple
- star
- ir
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