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 “er”? (a) third (b) torch (c) paper
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) guitar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) flower
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) computer
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) girl
- 12.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) burger
- 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) fork
- 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 28.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) paper
- 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) first
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) spider
- 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) hammer
- 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 39.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
Answer key
- paper
- flower
- bird
- torch
- ir
- bird
- guitar
- turkey
- ur
- ur
- girl
- ladder
- yarn
- ar
- unicorn
- ir
- unicorn
- corn
- scarf
- spider
- jar
- er
- ur
- butter
- dart
- circus
- turtle
- or
- purple
- ir
- ur
- corn
- popcorn
- or
- paper
- star
- er
- computer
- guitar
- circle
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