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.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) star (c) burger
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
- 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) burger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) girl
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) star (c) unicorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) turkey
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) torch
- 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) jar
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) fork
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) first (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) circle
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) burger
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) torch
- 28.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 29.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) car (c) purple
- 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 40.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
Answer key
- ir
- corn
- turkey
- ur
- fork
- bird
- ur
- turkey
- turtle
- thermometer
- car
- dart
- burger
- torch
- ur
- jar
- or
- ir
- popcorn
- star
- flower
- yarn
- popcorn
- hammer
- corn
- burger
- paper
- car
- er
- circle
- purple
- unicorn
- ar
- er
- or
- ar
- circus
- ar
- fork
- shark
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