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) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) dart
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) first
- 6.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) scarf
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) circus
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) turtle
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 18.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) first
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) circus
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) computer
- 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 28.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) guitar
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) torch
Answer key
- scarf
- dart
- ar
- yarn
- corn
- dart
- or
- paper
- ir
- ir
- tiger
- ir
- girl
- first
- fork
- turtle
- unicorn
- butter
- or
- torch
- yarn
- hammer
- torch
- computer
- first
- or
- star
- er
- ir
- er
- ur
- paper
- thermometer
- turtle
- guitar
- bird
- er
- or
- girl
- butter
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