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) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 4.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) fork
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) car
- 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) paper
- 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) first
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) butter
- 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) car
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 22.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circus
- 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) shark
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) corn
- 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 31.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) fork
- 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) corn
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) burger
- 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) paper
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) bird
Answer key
- unicorn
- or
- torch
- ladder
- fork
- ur
- third
- paper
- circle
- girl
- ir
- shark
- dart
- first
- first
- butter
- ar
- purple
- or
- fork
- ur
- flower
- turtle
- burger
- turkey
- corn
- spider
- scarf
- tiger
- star
- er
- ladder
- ar
- corn
- burger
- ar
- ir
- or
- torch
- popcorn
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