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) purple (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) computer
- 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) torch
- 14.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) third (c) burger
- 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) thermometer
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) girl
- 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) guitar
- 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) dart (c) spider
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) flower
- 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 36.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) burger
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) scarf
- 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
Answer key
- popcorn
- circle
- star
- circle
- turkey
- first
- or
- or
- purple
- or
- torch
- ir
- third
- shark
- jar
- er
- er
- thermometer
- unicorn
- scarf
- ur
- computer
- ar
- third
- er
- guitar
- fork
- tiger
- spider
- ar
- ar
- dart
- hammer
- flower
- popcorn
- thermometer
- spider
- burger
- ladder
- circus
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