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) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) hammer
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) spider
- 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) scarf
- 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) burger
- 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) burger
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) jar
- 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 17.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) girl
- 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) hammer (c) circus
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) jar
- 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) third
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) corn
- 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) car (c) thermometer
- 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) girl
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 37.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) fork
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) yarn
- 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
Answer key
- unicorn
- hammer
- or
- spider
- ir
- unicorn
- star
- er
- circle
- paper
- burger
- ur
- jar
- circus
- popcorn
- turkey
- ar
- tiger
- ir
- circus
- turkey
- dart
- dart
- first
- fork
- or
- yarn
- torch
- scarf
- thermometer
- ir
- turtle
- ur
- car
- tiger
- purple
- er
- fork
- third
- guitar
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