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) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) torch
- 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 5.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) jar
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) first
- 9.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) spider
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) purple
- 12.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) torch
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) flower (c) shark
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) car
- 24.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) guitar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) corn
- 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) butter
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) third
- 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) ladder
- 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) first (c) burger
- 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
Answer key
- shark
- scarf
- ur
- or
- circle
- corn
- ar
- first
- bird
- spider
- purple
- er
- torch
- third
- ur
- fork
- ar
- ar
- or
- computer
- unicorn
- circle
- turkey
- or
- ladder
- tiger
- guitar
- jar
- popcorn
- ir
- butter
- circus
- computer
- er
- circus
- er
- ir
- dart
- shark
- scarf
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