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) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) star
- 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) hammer
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) flower (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) torch
- 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 10.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) circle
- 12.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) girl
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) paper
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turkey
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) spider
- 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) torch
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) hammer
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) jar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) girl
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) burger
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) turtle
- 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) first
- 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
Answer key
- circus
- shark
- corn
- ar
- unicorn
- hammer
- third
- bird
- first
- ar
- purple
- or
- girl
- dart
- purple
- turkey
- spider
- star
- circle
- fork
- ur
- scarf
- turtle
- spider
- fork
- turtle
- jar
- unicorn
- ladder
- ir
- er
- ar
- first
- er
- or
- er
- ir
- ur
- corn
- butter
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