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) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) tiger
- 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) turtle
- 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) spider
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) flower (c) torch
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) guitar
- 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) third
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) purple
- 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) paper
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) purple
- 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) jar
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) star (c) girl
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) turkey
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) turtle
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) spider
- 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- purple
- circus
- yarn
- ir
- car
- ir
- spider
- circus
- flower
- ur
- tiger
- ir
- computer
- tiger
- ur
- thermometer
- purple
- circle
- ur
- computer
- corn
- butter
- dart
- thermometer
- ir
- or
- ur
- circle
- spider
- guitar
- first
- girl
- turkey
- star
- turtle
- scarf
- or
- unicorn
- er
- er
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