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) burger (b) guitar (c) fork
- 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) burger
- 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 7.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) circle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) butter
- 11.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) turtle
- 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) fork
- 16.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) fork
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) computer
- 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 25.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) star
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) tiger
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) purple
- 33.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) bird
- 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
Answer key
- burger
- er
- jar
- or
- star
- computer
- ir
- or
- circle
- third
- ar
- dart
- turtle
- er
- turkey
- ar
- ur
- ir
- ir
- guitar
- unicorn
- fork
- purple
- turtle
- er
- corn
- or
- ur
- butter
- torch
- tiger
- circus
- ir
- paper
- first
- circle
- ladder
- thermometer
- bird
- torch
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