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) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) guitar
- 4.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) turkey
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) circle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) jar
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) computer
- 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 16.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) bird
- 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 28.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) butter
- 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) circus (c) turtle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) burger
- 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) bird
Answer key
- circus
- purple
- guitar
- computer
- car
- burger
- girl
- tiger
- circus
- ur
- corn
- computer
- fork
- star
- shark
- er
- ir
- ar
- spider
- bird
- er
- jar
- bird
- yarn
- ir
- or
- scarf
- er
- torch
- ar
- er
- ar
- er
- turtle
- burger
- or
- corn
- dart
- turtle
- dart
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