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 “ir”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) butter
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) star (c) butter
- 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) first (c) computer
- 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) tiger
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) star
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) guitar
- 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) third
- 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) yarn (c) corn
- 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) spider
- 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) flower
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) fork
- 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 40.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- girl
- butter
- shark
- shark
- or
- fork
- star
- corn
- corn
- scarf
- star
- third
- guitar
- ur
- or
- scarf
- yarn
- circus
- torch
- ir
- er
- flower
- first
- ir
- er
- ar
- or
- circle
- ur
- turtle
- bird
- ir
- jar
- ur
- ar
- or
- turtle
- unicorn
- popcorn
- er
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