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 “er”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) spider
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) turtle
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) circus
- 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) flower
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) torch
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) jar
- 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) circle
- 17.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) shark
- 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) purple
- 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) popcorn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) third (c) guitar
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) third (c) fork
- 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
Answer key
- spider
- purple
- turtle
- circus
- or
- paper
- turkey
- torch
- jar
- ar
- turtle
- ir
- or
- torch
- ur
- butter
- er
- popcorn
- fork
- or
- first
- scarf
- yarn
- corn
- er
- purple
- or
- bird
- star
- third
- burger
- fork
- ar
- yarn
- ar
- girl
- er
- unicorn
- circus
- circle
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