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) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 2.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) paper
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) purple
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) first
- 8.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) fork
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) torch
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
- 21.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 22.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) popcorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) circus
- 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) corn
- 28.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) circle
- 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) circle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) third
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) first (c) flower
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) jar (c) ladder
- 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
Answer key
- first
- er
- star
- paper
- torch
- or
- car
- ir
- er
- ar
- thermometer
- scarf
- guitar
- shark
- purple
- car
- fork
- ur
- ar
- jar
- third
- ir
- popcorn
- unicorn
- corn
- circle
- girl
- ar
- spider
- thermometer
- ar
- or
- dart
- circle
- third
- circus
- fork
- first
- unicorn
- turkey
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