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) thermometer (b) fork (c) car
- 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) ladder
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) third
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) turkey
- 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) computer
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) shark
- 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) dart
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) circus
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) fork
- 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) butter
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) jar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) purple (c) computer
- 26.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 27.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 33.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
- 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) turtle
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) third (c) fork
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) spider
Answer key
- fork
- circus
- bird
- popcorn
- burger
- circle
- first
- unicorn
- circus
- turtle
- ir
- yarn
- dart
- computer
- first
- flower
- star
- unicorn
- ur
- star
- fork
- jar
- ar
- corn
- third
- er
- er
- circle
- er
- ar
- torch
- shark
- ir
- paper
- corn
- er
- thermometer
- flower
- bird
- spider
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