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 “or”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) thermometer
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) corn
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) first
- 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) dart
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) third
- 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 9.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 15.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 23.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) jar
- 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) fork
- 30.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) torch
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) turtle
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) scarf
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circus
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) circle
Answer key
- fork
- corn
- popcorn
- unicorn
- torch
- dart
- thermometer
- scarf
- paper
- bird
- tiger
- circle
- er
- yarn
- tiger
- popcorn
- ar
- ir
- fork
- jar
- or
- bird
- first
- ar
- spider
- star
- unicorn
- ladder
- purple
- computer
- turtle
- torch
- burger
- guitar
- ir
- turtle
- paper
- circus
- first
- circle
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