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 “ur”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) circus
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) circus
- 5.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) yarn
- 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 10.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) thermometer
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) computer (c) torch
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) flower (c) guitar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) bird
- 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) burger
- 24.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) fork
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 27.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) car
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) burger
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 32.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 33.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) burger
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circle (c) fork
- 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) car
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- purple
- turtle
- fork
- popcorn
- ir
- guitar
- or
- yarn
- thermometer
- er
- ar
- flower
- thermometer
- first
- computer
- burger
- car
- flower
- shark
- ar
- tiger
- circle
- burger
- er
- jar
- circus
- ar
- butter
- dart
- ar
- bird
- yarn
- ir
- unicorn
- star
- fork
- ir
- popcorn
- circus
- or
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