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 “ur”? (a) car (b) fork (c) turtle
- 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) scarf
- 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) star
- 7.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 10.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 12.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 16.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) burger
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) ladder
- 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 32.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) tiger
Answer key
- turtle
- ur
- circle
- purple
- ar
- girl
- ar
- circus
- popcorn
- butter
- corn
- first
- ur
- or
- burger
- ur
- ir
- popcorn
- ir
- star
- or
- er
- guitar
- ir
- ar
- unicorn
- burger
- yarn
- dart
- ar
- purple
- ir
- er
- yarn
- or
- er
- er
- ir
- scarf
- tiger
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