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 “or”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) corn
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turtle
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) car
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) fork
- 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) fork
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) girl
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) circle
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) turtle
- 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) hammer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) turtle
- 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 31.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 32.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) yarn
- 36.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
Answer key
- corn
- purple
- ar
- ar
- ladder
- first
- or
- paper
- hammer
- corn
- car
- turkey
- butter
- fork
- star
- turtle
- guitar
- or
- er
- dart
- butter
- ar
- dart
- circle
- ur
- bird
- jar
- or
- girl
- ar
- ar
- yarn
- er
- ir
- first
- ar
- torch
- popcorn
- popcorn
- unicorn
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