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.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) thermometer
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) hammer
- 12.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) turtle
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) car
- 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) third
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) bird
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) girl
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) first
- 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) star (c) torch
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) burger
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) third
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- unicorn
- thermometer
- or
- torch
- popcorn
- unicorn
- or
- jar
- star
- thermometer
- hammer
- computer
- scarf
- turtle
- circle
- bird
- circus
- ur
- ar
- er
- ar
- guitar
- tiger
- purple
- fork
- bird
- jar
- first
- circus
- butter
- burger
- corn
- ur
- flower
- ar
- butter
- burger
- shark
- ar
- or
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