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) unicorn (b) jar (c) spider
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) spider
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) spider
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) turkey
- 20.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) butter
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) girl
- 24.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) circle (c) guitar
- 28.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) bird
- 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) spider
- 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
Answer key
- unicorn
- turtle
- bird
- or
- corn
- or
- fork
- unicorn
- circle
- ir
- spider
- corn
- star
- ar
- shark
- ir
- ar
- paper
- turkey
- thermometer
- turtle
- yarn
- girl
- tiger
- star
- circus
- guitar
- girl
- computer
- bird
- turkey
- ur
- or
- dart
- ar
- ladder
- dart
- purple
- burger
- ur
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