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) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) butter
- 4.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) paper
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) corn
- 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) third
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) spider
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 16.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) shark
- 19.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) shark
- 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) turtle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) fork
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) car (c) purple
- 29.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
- 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 32.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 33.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) bird
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) torch
- 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) torch
- 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) bird
Answer key
- circus
- ar
- burger
- yarn
- purple
- car
- turkey
- fork
- or
- guitar
- flower
- star
- scarf
- ar
- hammer
- er
- ir
- shark
- ir
- bird
- ur
- ladder
- ar
- ir
- first
- girl
- circus
- purple
- shark
- or
- circle
- ir
- star
- ur
- bird
- torch
- corn
- yarn
- ar
- hammer
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