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) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) circle
- 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) ladder
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) ladder (c) yarn
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 14.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) butter (c) torch
- 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) bird
- 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 25.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) third
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) turkey
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) purple
- 33.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) torch
Answer key
- circle
- turtle
- corn
- turkey
- popcorn
- or
- ir
- ur
- computer
- fork
- ur
- burger
- unicorn
- ar
- torch
- or
- tiger
- ur
- ur
- computer
- bird
- turkey
- bird
- burger
- scarf
- or
- turtle
- er
- ar
- third
- unicorn
- purple
- er
- thermometer
- purple
- ar
- circus
- or
- guitar
- hammer
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