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) circle (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) shark
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) unicorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) turtle
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) butter
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) guitar
- 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 17.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) dart
- 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) fork
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) guitar
- 27.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) purple
- 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 32.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) girl
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) purple
Answer key
- unicorn
- or
- ar
- fork
- ar
- turtle
- girl
- circle
- flower
- ur
- butter
- circle
- or
- thermometer
- circus
- guitar
- scarf
- er
- ir
- ar
- purple
- ar
- corn
- spider
- jar
- ladder
- butter
- ir
- yarn
- torch
- or
- ar
- girl
- star
- ir
- fork
- or
- unicorn
- popcorn
- star
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