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) circle (b) butter (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) bird
- 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) paper
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) turkey
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) spider (c) turtle
- 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 9.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) torch
- 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) first (c) ladder
- 21.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turtle
- 23.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) girl
- 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) car (c) turtle
- 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) bird
- 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) fork
- 35.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) first (c) popcorn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) girl
Answer key
- butter
- bird
- yarn
- unicorn
- circus
- star
- jar
- circle
- ar
- ar
- ir
- ur
- purple
- turkey
- dart
- guitar
- ur
- or
- computer
- corn
- er
- paper
- circus
- scarf
- torch
- ar
- or
- burger
- or
- car
- torch
- jar
- bird
- girl
- ir
- girl
- purple
- unicorn
- burger
- turtle
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