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) butter (b) circus (c) torch
- 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) scarf
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) girl
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) girl
- 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) car
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) turkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) first
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 22.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) butter
- 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
- 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) star
- 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 35.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) shark
- 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) car (c) turkey
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) girl
Answer key
- circus
- girl
- ur
- ir
- ar
- ar
- er
- torch
- corn
- girl
- hammer
- unicorn
- jar
- car
- ur
- turtle
- tiger
- dart
- purple
- butter
- torch
- er
- turtle
- computer
- car
- unicorn
- scarf
- turkey
- star
- first
- ir
- ir
- circus
- burger
- er
- popcorn
- flower
- bird
- turkey
- spider
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