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) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) star
- 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) burger
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) purple
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) circus
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) star (c) hammer
- 21.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) corn
- 26.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 28.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) flower
- 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) corn (c) jar
- 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- yarn
- circus
- or
- tiger
- burger
- ir
- ar
- ar
- ladder
- ir
- torch
- turtle
- or
- burger
- tiger
- turtle
- paper
- unicorn
- ur
- purple
- purple
- turkey
- spider
- or
- corn
- bird
- fork
- er
- popcorn
- turkey
- shark
- scarf
- girl
- circle
- dart
- star
- corn
- ir
- jar
- er
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