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) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) torch
- 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) dart
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) corn
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) flower (c) fork
- 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) car
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) bird
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) yarn
- 20.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) computer
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) circus
- 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) car (c) purple
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) girl
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) computer
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) first (c) yarn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) butter (c) shark
- 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) circle
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
Answer key
- turkey
- turtle
- er
- flower
- or
- ur
- fork
- ir
- yarn
- bird
- corn
- dart
- car
- ar
- er
- third
- hammer
- first
- popcorn
- popcorn
- ur
- burger
- corn
- fork
- circus
- jar
- purple
- star
- ar
- er
- ladder
- scarf
- paper
- shark
- torch
- burger
- yarn
- purple
- ur
- tiger
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