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 is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) fork
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 11.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) butter
- 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) torch
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) turkey
- 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) paper
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) star
- 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) spider
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) burger
- 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) bird
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) ladder
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 40.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
Answer key
- guitar
- ur
- bird
- ur
- turkey
- ir
- ar
- flower
- fork
- scarf
- ir
- girl
- car
- ar
- circle
- ir
- shark
- paper
- first
- or
- unicorn
- unicorn
- hammer
- yarn
- er
- circle
- popcorn
- star
- or
- spider
- or
- ar
- burger
- circus
- ir
- corn
- turkey
- corn
- guitar
- shark
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