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) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) fork
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) guitar
- 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 6.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) corn
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) corn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) car
- 19.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) ladder
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) first
- 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) girl
- 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) corn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) car
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) star
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) computer
- 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) tiger
Answer key
- circle
- or
- fork
- guitar
- third
- circus
- circle
- or
- purple
- ir
- bird
- purple
- er
- star
- ur
- er
- or
- car
- tiger
- ladder
- ar
- yarn
- ir
- first
- ur
- ur
- girl
- paper
- corn
- turtle
- butter
- computer
- ar
- turkey
- ar
- ar
- car
- turtle
- bird
- tiger
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