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) bird (b) computer (c) fork
- 2.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) purple
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) yarn
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) thermometer
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) circus
- 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 9.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) car (c) turkey
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) girl
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) star
- 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) torch
- 22.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) car (c) paper
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) corn
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) purple
- 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) shark (c) ladder
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) fork
- 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) scarf
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) circus
- 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) spider
- 38.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) bird
Answer key
- bird
- butter
- purple
- circle
- corn
- thermometer
- circus
- car
- er
- turkey
- burger
- fork
- dart
- girl
- burger
- bird
- turtle
- or
- ur
- spider
- turtle
- ir
- paper
- corn
- car
- ir
- ladder
- guitar
- ir
- scarf
- or
- ur
- or
- fork
- third
- circle
- spider
- girl
- ar
- unicorn
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