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) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) burger
- 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 7.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) dart
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) star
- 13.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) paper
- 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) popcorn
- 23.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 26.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) burger
- 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) purple (c) torch
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) third
- 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
- 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
Answer key
- corn
- fork
- or
- bird
- or
- circle
- ir
- ar
- turkey
- turtle
- dart
- circus
- girl
- turtle
- spider
- turkey
- ur
- first
- tiger
- ur
- jar
- car
- circle
- car
- ir
- ar
- burger
- ir
- ar
- ir
- torch
- purple
- hammer
- or
- bird
- popcorn
- ar
- er
- third
- fork
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