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) torch (b) turtle (c) jar
- 2.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) star (c) turkey
- 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) burger
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) girl
- 9.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) star
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) dart
- 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) fork
- 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) first
- 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 31.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) guitar
- 33.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) corn (c) turtle
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
Answer key
- turtle
- third
- star
- turtle
- burger
- or
- ur
- torch
- er
- or
- ar
- fork
- circle
- er
- torch
- butter
- ur
- tiger
- unicorn
- or
- turkey
- ur
- tiger
- car
- flower
- spider
- yarn
- guitar
- hammer
- shark
- ar
- paper
- or
- ar
- ir
- er
- paper
- corn
- star
- girl
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