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 “ur”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) purple
- 2.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) circle
- 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) computer
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) third
- 8.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 9.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 17.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) car (c) turkey
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) jar
- 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) third
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) burger
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 33.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) turkey
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) unicorn
- 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) girl
Answer key
- purple
- ar
- circle
- fork
- torch
- computer
- turtle
- girl
- er
- ur
- car
- ur
- or
- er
- ir
- popcorn
- ir
- third
- or
- corn
- or
- turkey
- car
- jar
- ur
- er
- bird
- third
- or
- scarf
- circle
- unicorn
- star
- er
- er
- guitar
- bird
- dart
- ar
- girl
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