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) circle (b) scarf (c) purple
- 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) car (c) popcorn
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) shark
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) fork
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) car (c) corn
- 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) torch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 17.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 18.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) hammer
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) spider
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) butter
- 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 28.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) bird
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) computer
- 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) circus
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) first
- 39.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
Answer key
- turkey
- purple
- ir
- popcorn
- car
- turkey
- fork
- ar
- fork
- ur
- ar
- ladder
- spider
- corn
- torch
- burger
- ir
- butter
- unicorn
- or
- ir
- ar
- hammer
- shark
- corn
- circle
- yarn
- girl
- bird
- ar
- scarf
- er
- ur
- or
- ar
- turtle
- computer
- jar
- guitar
- third
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