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) circle (b) turkey (c) fork
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) turkey
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 4.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) girl
- 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) circus
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) thermometer
- 13.🌸 flow_ _ — 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) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) butter
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) computer
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) yarn
- 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) circus
- 25.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) computer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) flower
- 28.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 33.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) first
- 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 38.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) flower
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) spider
Answer key
- turkey
- scarf
- unicorn
- shark
- ar
- girl
- er
- tiger
- turtle
- corn
- third
- yarn
- er
- bird
- burger
- bird
- shark
- purple
- or
- or
- guitar
- paper
- star
- jar
- er
- burger
- purple
- ar
- spider
- ur
- or
- ir
- er
- popcorn
- turtle
- popcorn
- paper
- hammer
- dart
- third
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