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) turtle (b) corn (c) bird
- 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) bird
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) ladder
- 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) purple
- 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) circle
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) burger
- 19.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) butter
- 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) flower
- 26.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) unicorn
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) fork
- 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circus
- 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 36.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) first
- 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) third (c) spider
Answer key
- corn
- girl
- or
- unicorn
- bird
- or
- girl
- circus
- purple
- ar
- ur
- ar
- spider
- circle
- or
- ur
- er
- burger
- er
- circle
- butter
- or
- er
- purple
- flower
- ar
- yarn
- torch
- tiger
- scarf
- first
- ar
- turtle
- car
- car
- guitar
- turkey
- star
- ir
- third
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