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) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) scarf
- 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) circus
- 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) bird
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) computer
- 8.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) circle
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) spider
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) corn
- 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) circle
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) third
- 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
- 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) fork
- 31.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) girl
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) corn
Answer key
- jar
- fork
- ar
- turkey
- ar
- computer
- guitar
- dart
- car
- ir
- burger
- torch
- turtle
- circus
- ir
- ir
- scarf
- first
- circle
- tiger
- er
- er
- turtle
- fork
- unicorn
- ur
- corn
- ar
- or
- bird
- girl
- or
- burger
- or
- er
- car
- popcorn
- paper
- or
- girl
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