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) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 4.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) car (c) fork
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) fork
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) purple
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) third
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) spider
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) burger
- 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) first (c) torch
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) star
- 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 24.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) flower
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) girl
- 31.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) star
- 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) purple
- 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 37.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
Answer key
- shark
- or
- circus
- yarn
- fork
- ar
- car
- dart
- torch
- computer
- hammer
- circle
- ir
- car
- corn
- bird
- or
- ur
- butter
- ur
- flower
- or
- ladder
- guitar
- girl
- hammer
- ar
- ar
- guitar
- girl
- er
- bird
- butter
- purple
- ar
- turtle
- ar
- ir
- ir
- burger
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