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 “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) guitar
- 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) thermometer
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) spider
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) bird (c) ladder
- 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) butter
- 17.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) hammer
- 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) bird
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) first (c) fork
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) car (c) computer
- 23.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) fork (c) girl
- 29.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) tiger
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) butter
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) butter
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) star
- 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) tiger
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) fork
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) paper
- 39.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- first
- or
- purple
- turtle
- unicorn
- purple
- corn
- spider
- scarf
- ur
- ladder
- or
- ur
- torch
- yarn
- turtle
- bird
- circle
- circus
- bird
- dart
- car
- paper
- ur
- fork
- ar
- ir
- fork
- butter
- tiger
- turkey
- guitar
- unicorn
- thermometer
- scarf
- yarn
- ar
- paper
- ar
- or
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