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 “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) fork
- 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) dart
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) car
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) turtle
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) car
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) yarn
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) turkey
- 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) burger
- 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) dart
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) girl
- 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) butter
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) bird
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) third
- 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) yarn
Answer key
- circle
- torch
- circle
- or
- star
- first
- turtle
- fork
- or
- butter
- guitar
- butter
- hammer
- corn
- purple
- er
- ir
- car
- girl
- tiger
- or
- corn
- burger
- turtle
- popcorn
- torch
- third
- unicorn
- dart
- spider
- car
- third
- turkey
- ar
- unicorn
- girl
- ar
- or
- ur
- paper
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