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) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) purple
- 3.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) fork
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) third (c) yarn
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 11.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) jar
- 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) circle
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) star
- 22.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) star (c) corn
- 24.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) star
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) fork
- 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circus
Answer key
- flower
- purple
- ir
- fork
- ur
- ir
- yarn
- unicorn
- ur
- ir
- or
- jar
- ar
- bird
- ir
- ur
- er
- third
- first
- corn
- star
- star
- burger
- girl
- dart
- purple
- burger
- er
- or
- fork
- butter
- turkey
- hammer
- thermometer
- or
- circle
- ur
- unicorn
- car
- circus
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