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) spider (b) purple (c) torch
- 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) purple
- 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 10.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) car
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) dart
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) flower
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) butter
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) computer
- 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) hammer (c) car
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) tiger
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
Answer key
- torch
- girl
- paper
- spider
- ur
- or
- corn
- popcorn
- tiger
- popcorn
- ar
- ur
- ur
- ir
- or
- circus
- purple
- girl
- ur
- ar
- turkey
- flower
- scarf
- burger
- dart
- jar
- burger
- corn
- first
- ir
- first
- bird
- dart
- turtle
- ar
- er
- ir
- turtle
- ar
- fork
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