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) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) girl
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) torch
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 7.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) star
- 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) guitar
- 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) circle
- 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) third
- 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) star (c) burger
- 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
- 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) circle
- 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) bird
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) corn
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) popcorn
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 35.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) third
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) yarn
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) purple (c) unicorn
Answer key
- turtle
- girl
- turkey
- star
- er
- tiger
- flower
- star
- ar
- guitar
- ur
- purple
- ur
- shark
- ir
- paper
- ir
- ar
- burger
- jar
- or
- first
- ar
- turkey
- unicorn
- circle
- paper
- bird
- corn
- ar
- popcorn
- ur
- or
- scarf
- er
- fork
- third
- fork
- popcorn
- unicorn
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