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 is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 2.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 6.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) third (c) butter
- 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) butter
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 18.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) turkey
- 22.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 24.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) yarn
- 31.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) star
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) girl
Answer key
- star
- ur
- er
- ar
- ir
- er
- ur
- popcorn
- ur
- ar
- or
- burger
- scarf
- first
- butter
- bird
- jar
- er
- turtle
- purple
- turkey
- er
- or
- shark
- ar
- thermometer
- guitar
- ur
- ir
- fork
- er
- turkey
- hammer
- or
- unicorn
- or
- or
- yarn
- computer
- girl
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