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) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) bird
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) shark
- 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 13.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) purple
- 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) flower
- 19.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) spider
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) tiger
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 25.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) circle
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) corn
- 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) unicorn
- 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) girl
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
- 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 37.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) unicorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) third (c) dart
Answer key
- circle
- ar
- ur
- bird
- tiger
- er
- or
- ar
- turkey
- ar
- turtle
- fork
- thermometer
- purple
- ar
- flower
- corn
- turtle
- ladder
- spider
- ur
- ir
- fork
- third
- or
- purple
- circle
- jar
- er
- unicorn
- spider
- car
- girl
- star
- butter
- dart
- or
- star
- circus
- dart
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