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) girl (b) yarn (c) burger
- 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) dart
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) fork
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) flower (c) turtle
- 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) car
- 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) torch (c) star
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) unicorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) third
- 22.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) paper (c) fork
- 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) dart
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) purple
- 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) star (c) first
- 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) star (c) fork
- 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) yarn
- 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
Answer key
- girl
- circus
- bird
- or
- bird
- turkey
- scarf
- burger
- scarf
- turkey
- turtle
- ir
- third
- ar
- ar
- fork
- ar
- turtle
- torch
- flower
- corn
- thermometer
- ur
- jar
- ar
- tiger
- purple
- or
- star
- first
- tiger
- jar
- fork
- ir
- car
- torch
- computer
- or
- yarn
- ar
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