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) turkey (b) third (c) spider
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) tiger
- 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) scarf
- 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) bird
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) torch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) star
- 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) star
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) torch
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) flower
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circle (c) turtle
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) torch
- 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
Answer key
- turkey
- tiger
- girl
- fork
- ir
- torch
- popcorn
- scarf
- ir
- shark
- or
- fork
- bird
- star
- thermometer
- girl
- ar
- er
- ladder
- ir
- ar
- purple
- star
- purple
- flower
- dart
- er
- ar
- car
- or
- or
- third
- ladder
- dart
- car
- circle
- er
- butter
- or
- bird
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