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) shirk (c) shork
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) purple
- 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) spider
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) turkey
- 8.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 10.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 12.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) circus
- 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) third
- 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) purple
- 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) corn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) star
- 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) popcorn
- 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) burger
- 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
Answer key
- shark
- purple
- ar
- ar
- girl
- dart
- circle
- dart
- first
- er
- paper
- er
- circus
- star
- torch
- corn
- ur
- tiger
- flower
- turkey
- computer
- scarf
- unicorn
- tiger
- yarn
- burger
- shark
- first
- or
- third
- unicorn
- star
- ar
- third
- bird
- hammer
- ar
- circle
- burger
- jar
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