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 is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 2.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 5.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) corn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) circle
- 10.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) star
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) paper
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) third
- 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 17.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
- 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) third
- 22.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) fork
- 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) first
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) spider
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) tiger
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) star
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) butter (c) star
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) torch
- 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) turtle
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) purple
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) turtle
Answer key
- torch
- er
- circus
- ar
- spider
- tiger
- ur
- corn
- burger
- er
- girl
- turtle
- paper
- third
- ar
- turtle
- scarf
- turkey
- or
- popcorn
- shark
- ar
- thermometer
- burger
- er
- or
- purple
- first
- yarn
- or
- turkey
- star
- butter
- jar
- circus
- ir
- purple
- circle
- torch
- computer
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