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) yarn (b) torch (c) circus
- 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) bird
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 11.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) third
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) star
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) ladder
- 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) dart
- 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) bird
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) tiger
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) turtle
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) star
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) shark
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) turkey
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) ladder
- 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) turtle
- 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) spider
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) flower
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) first
- 40.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- torch
- circle
- er
- dart
- torch
- or
- or
- purple
- flower
- ur
- ir
- or
- yarn
- ar
- guitar
- shark
- first
- ladder
- burger
- ar
- third
- fork
- turtle
- star
- tiger
- unicorn
- ir
- turkey
- circus
- scarf
- yarn
- popcorn
- turtle
- bird
- turkey
- tiger
- fork
- girl
- corn
- er
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