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.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 2.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) third
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) car (c) torch
- 11.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 12.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) turtle
- 14.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) first
- 21.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) computer
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) turkey
- 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 26.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) girl
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) purple
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) thermometer
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) tiger
- 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) corn
Answer key
- or
- shark
- purple
- thermometer
- unicorn
- unicorn
- popcorn
- ar
- tiger
- torch
- scarf
- ar
- spider
- car
- or
- hammer
- butter
- third
- corn
- first
- ar
- burger
- turkey
- ar
- burger
- er
- purple
- corn
- ir
- fork
- car
- ur
- popcorn
- third
- tiger
- circus
- or
- first
- turkey
- circle
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