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) bird (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) purple
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) paper (c) corn
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) first (c) flower
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 13.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) turtle
- 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) purple
- 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) bird
- 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) girl
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) circle
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 33.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 37.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) girl (c) fork
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) guitar
Answer key
- turkey
- er
- corn
- star
- ar
- burger
- popcorn
- unicorn
- car
- flower
- circle
- bird
- or
- ir
- car
- turtle
- er
- ir
- tiger
- ir
- computer
- ur
- paper
- ur
- butter
- or
- yarn
- circle
- popcorn
- unicorn
- ar
- fork
- flower
- ladder
- ar
- torch
- ir
- fork
- butter
- guitar
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