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) fork (b) third (c) computer
- 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) paper
- 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) purple
- 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) turkey
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) star (c) spider
- 13.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 14.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) car
- 16.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 25.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) fork
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) fork
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) purple
- 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) bird
- 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 39.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
Answer key
- third
- ar
- circle
- torch
- bird
- paper
- ir
- circle
- first
- paper
- ladder
- spider
- star
- ladder
- flower
- thermometer
- er
- flower
- ur
- tiger
- ir
- ar
- car
- turkey
- ir
- fork
- scarf
- purple
- hammer
- ir
- butter
- or
- third
- popcorn
- ur
- dart
- ar
- scarf
- ur
- fork
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