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) unicorn (b) tiger (c) burger
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) first
- 5.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) guitar
- 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) hammer
- 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 12.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) purple
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) bird
- 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) fork
- 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) turtle
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) yarn
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) paper
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) turkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) turtle
- 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) torch (c) paper
- 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) purple
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) first
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- burger
- fork
- popcorn
- jar
- ar
- turkey
- ir
- guitar
- turtle
- yarn
- yarn
- or
- third
- purple
- butter
- torch
- ar
- shark
- ir
- ir
- tiger
- star
- dart
- circle
- paper
- er
- turkey
- fork
- star
- ar
- torch
- car
- ar
- ur
- tiger
- circle
- first
- ur
- flower
- or
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