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 “ir”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) girl
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) star (c) thermometer
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) computer (c) burger
- 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) circle
- 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) shark
- 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) guitar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) purple (c) jar
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) fork
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) jar
- 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) torch
- 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) purple
- 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) circus
- 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 32.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 33.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) bird
- 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 40.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
Answer key
- girl
- unicorn
- circle
- burger
- ir
- scarf
- jar
- popcorn
- girl
- hammer
- torch
- turkey
- third
- purple
- ladder
- yarn
- ar
- fork
- ir
- third
- first
- circus
- ur
- hammer
- car
- bird
- er
- yarn
- er
- circus
- thermometer
- ir
- circle
- ar
- ir
- ur
- er
- turtle
- corn
- turtle
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