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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) bird
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) purple
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) purple
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) guitar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) third
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) fork
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) star
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) spider (c) corn
- 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) hammer
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) jar
- 27.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) girl
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
Answer key
- ar
- unicorn
- turkey
- tiger
- purple
- bird
- third
- tiger
- car
- star
- ar
- first
- turkey
- scarf
- star
- ar
- circus
- corn
- turtle
- ur
- ur
- popcorn
- ir
- butter
- hammer
- fork
- ar
- or
- popcorn
- ar
- shark
- er
- car
- burger
- ir
- or
- computer
- spider
- turtle
- bird
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