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) popcorn (b) girl (c) turtle
- 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 9.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) turtle
- 12.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) turtle
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) corn (c) dart
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) guitar
- 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) circle
- 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) paper
- 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) computer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) third
- 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) tiger
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) jar
- 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
Answer key
- popcorn
- ar
- or
- or
- hammer
- er
- circus
- corn
- flower
- turkey
- turtle
- shark
- first
- corn
- ur
- ir
- guitar
- dart
- ir
- ar
- fork
- ar
- shark
- ir
- ur
- turtle
- ir
- er
- paper
- star
- computer
- guitar
- unicorn
- third
- ir
- girl
- tiger
- unicorn
- jar
- torch
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