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) circus (b) burger (c) tiger
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) spider (c) fork
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) third
- 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) bird
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) jar
- 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) first
- 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) fork
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) third
- 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) computer (c) unicorn
- 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) purple
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) car (c) fork
Answer key
- burger
- fork
- ar
- ir
- er
- or
- tiger
- or
- star
- turtle
- shark
- turkey
- hammer
- star
- corn
- ladder
- er
- torch
- first
- spider
- car
- circle
- ir
- jar
- or
- scarf
- flower
- torch
- unicorn
- guitar
- circus
- purple
- ar
- tiger
- yarn
- purple
- ur
- or
- ir
- bird
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