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) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) flower
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) torch (c) turkey
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) dart
- 12.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) guitar
- 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) guitar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) star
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) turtle
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) girl
- 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) guitar
Answer key
- circle
- ar
- popcorn
- corn
- guitar
- torch
- unicorn
- tiger
- or
- star
- circle
- paper
- bird
- corn
- circus
- ir
- hammer
- ar
- er
- first
- turtle
- burger
- star
- computer
- popcorn
- or
- jar
- yarn
- ur
- ar
- turtle
- circus
- ar
- or
- fork
- ir
- girl
- ur
- ar
- spider
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