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 “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) circus
- 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) circus
- 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) purple
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) paper (c) first
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) spider
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) burger
- 20.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 22.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) fork
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) fork
- 26.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) paper
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) circle
- 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) first
- 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 40.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- unicorn
- circus
- turtle
- guitar
- ir
- ur
- circus
- ar
- torch
- paper
- bird
- spider
- third
- purple
- or
- or
- purple
- turtle
- burger
- tiger
- girl
- er
- dart
- scarf
- fork
- unicorn
- third
- girl
- fork
- ur
- star
- or
- hammer
- circle
- ar
- burger
- yarn
- ar
- butter
- ir
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