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) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) bird
- 6.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) third
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) star
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 10.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) bird
- 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) bird
- 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) bird
- 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 19.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 27.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) flower
- 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) spider
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) star
- 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
Answer key
- shark
- ur
- torch
- turtle
- burger
- corn
- purple
- butter
- fork
- er
- ir
- bird
- dart
- ar
- torch
- ar
- turkey
- bird
- er
- unicorn
- guitar
- scarf
- hammer
- er
- ar
- circle
- ir
- car
- spider
- spider
- star
- girl
- car
- or
- circus
- star
- or
- butter
- turkey
- flower
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