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) purple (b) circle (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) fork
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) jar
- 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) circle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) guitar
- 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) jar
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) unicorn
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) star (c) spider
- 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) purple
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) third
- 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) car
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) popcorn
- 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) first
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) car (c) paper
- 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- purple
- flower
- or
- corn
- er
- ur
- scarf
- turtle
- star
- ar
- yarn
- circle
- third
- ir
- turkey
- ur
- dart
- turtle
- ar
- hammer
- spider
- car
- bird
- torch
- ar
- ir
- scarf
- star
- dart
- flower
- butter
- girl
- girl
- circus
- corn
- or
- thermometer
- unicorn
- car
- or
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