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) burger (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) torch
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) dart
- 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) dart
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) corn
- 16.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) computer
- 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
- 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) purple
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
- 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
Answer key
- burger
- bird
- ur
- girl
- ur
- unicorn
- computer
- shark
- ir
- or
- ar
- fork
- purple
- hammer
- jar
- tiger
- paper
- ar
- burger
- turtle
- car
- purple
- first
- ir
- girl
- popcorn
- first
- scarf
- er
- flower
- turkey
- ar
- er
- jar
- unicorn
- circus
- computer
- corn
- ur
- star
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