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) turkey (c) popcorn
- 2.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) jar
- 7.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) fork
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) scarf
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) spider
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) torch
- 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 15.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) shark
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) thermometer
- 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) paper
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) computer
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) jar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) girl
- 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) computer
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) fork
- 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
Answer key
- popcorn
- er
- girl
- unicorn
- car
- fork
- ir
- turtle
- ur
- circle
- scarf
- spider
- torch
- fork
- turkey
- bird
- dart
- flower
- ar
- ur
- star
- turtle
- purple
- ar
- or
- jar
- jar
- girl
- ur
- popcorn
- unicorn
- ar
- shark
- computer
- first
- third
- shark
- ir
- ar
- circle
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