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) third (b) turtle (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) third
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) turtle
- 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) fork
- 6.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) circle (c) tiger
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) third
- 13.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) circle
- 17.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) ladder
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) burger
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) star
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) corn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) torch
- 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 32.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) dart
- 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
Answer key
- turtle
- third
- jar
- thermometer
- paper
- ar
- purple
- ur
- unicorn
- tiger
- ur
- turkey
- ir
- or
- turtle
- scarf
- circle
- ladder
- burger
- star
- fork
- car
- computer
- flower
- ar
- thermometer
- turkey
- er
- computer
- scarf
- unicorn
- or
- ar
- flower
- spider
- corn
- er
- dart
- or
- girl
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