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) yarn (b) flower (c) turkey
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) flower
- 9.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 12.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) star
- 14.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) star (c) popcorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) burger
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) ladder
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) computer
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) fork
- 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) turtle
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) girl
- 28.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) spider
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) corn
- 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) circle
- 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
- 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 40.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
Answer key
- turkey
- ir
- ar
- ur
- ar
- ar
- or
- turtle
- er
- turkey
- unicorn
- er
- star
- ar
- ar
- popcorn
- bird
- circus
- burger
- dart
- fork
- ir
- hammer
- computer
- corn
- jar
- tiger
- spider
- third
- spider
- corn
- torch
- circle
- shark
- er
- er
- popcorn
- or
- or
- turtle
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