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 has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) guitar
- 3.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) bird
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) scarf (c) corn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) purple
- 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 12.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 14.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 15.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) fork
- 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) jar
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) guitar
- 29.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circus
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) scarf
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) paper
- 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) guitar
- 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- unicorn
- guitar
- third
- bird
- star
- burger
- turtle
- corn
- turkey
- purple
- ar
- ir
- yarn
- torch
- er
- ir
- purple
- or
- spider
- ar
- fork
- hammer
- ar
- torch
- ur
- or
- thermometer
- paper
- ir
- ar
- ir
- jar
- first
- circle
- shark
- scarf
- popcorn
- ar
- computer
- ir
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