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) spider (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) guitar
- 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) unicorn
- 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 14.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) computer
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) circle
- 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) girl
- 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) circle
- 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 27.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) ladder
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) circle
- 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) thermometer
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) jar
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- popcorn
- circle
- first
- ar
- ar
- purple
- guitar
- or
- ir
- unicorn
- first
- or
- spider
- er
- ar
- computer
- star
- corn
- ir
- unicorn
- purple
- girl
- shark
- circle
- er
- ur
- torch
- dart
- burger
- tiger
- third
- bird
- thermometer
- turkey
- flower
- jar
- ur
- circus
- girl
- ir
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