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) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) scarf
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 6.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) first
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) yarn
- 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) thermometer
- 14.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) girl
- 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) spider
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) third
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) purple
- 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) turtle
- 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) first
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) shark (c) bird
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) circus
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
Answer key
- paper
- or
- or
- fork
- fork
- shark
- first
- paper
- yarn
- guitar
- er
- computer
- dart
- ir
- girl
- er
- unicorn
- ar
- shark
- third
- ur
- purple
- star
- turkey
- ir
- circus
- bird
- ar
- star
- or
- yarn
- popcorn
- unicorn
- butter
- turtle
- girl
- first
- bird
- circus
- burger
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