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) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 2.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) fork
- 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) shark
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) dart
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) burger (c) shark
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) bird
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) star
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) fork
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) torch
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) fork
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) butter
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) third
- 27.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) thermometer
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) car (c) circus
- 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) star
- 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) computer
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 40.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
Answer key
- circus
- ir
- ur
- dart
- spider
- popcorn
- turtle
- burger
- fork
- corn
- burger
- shark
- jar
- bird
- unicorn
- turkey
- ar
- turtle
- fork
- or
- torch
- yarn
- dart
- corn
- er
- purple
- ir
- guitar
- car
- torch
- ur
- popcorn
- or
- hammer
- or
- star
- ur
- computer
- third
- shark
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