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) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) first
- 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) shark
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) turkey
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) flower (c) corn
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) tiger
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) jar
- 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) turkey
- 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) star
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) shark
- 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) jar
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) paper
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 31.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) butter
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
Answer key
- car
- first
- turtle
- purple
- ar
- purple
- fork
- burger
- corn
- ur
- turtle
- star
- unicorn
- girl
- popcorn
- guitar
- scarf
- circle
- circle
- ur
- bird
- er
- jar
- ladder
- star
- dart
- ar
- er
- or
- or
- ar
- ur
- ar
- circus
- ur
- butter
- circus
- er
- third
- corn
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