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) shark (b) turtle (c) corn
- 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 4.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) purple (c) yarn
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 8.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) star
- 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 14.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) computer
- 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) computer
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) torch
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) purple
- 29.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 32.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) star
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) ladder
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) fork
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) purple
- 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
Answer key
- corn
- ar
- circus
- er
- yarn
- turtle
- unicorn
- er
- or
- spider
- or
- star
- turkey
- or
- ir
- guitar
- er
- ur
- computer
- ar
- turkey
- hammer
- dart
- ur
- girl
- star
- bird
- tiger
- ar
- car
- first
- circle
- ir
- burger
- or
- girl
- ladder
- circus
- car
- scarf
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