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) unicurn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) first (c) turkey
- 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) shark
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 6.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) computer (c) fork
- 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) turkey
- 12.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 15.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) purple
- 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) third
- 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) first (c) turkey
- 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 30.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) fork
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 36.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) torch
- 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
Answer key
- unicorn
- first
- yarn
- shark
- turkey
- third
- circus
- guitar
- computer
- ur
- star
- spider
- purple
- paper
- bird
- or
- or
- ar
- guitar
- hammer
- or
- computer
- ir
- er
- circle
- popcorn
- spider
- turtle
- ir
- girl
- ir
- burger
- ur
- ur
- shark
- er
- or
- purple
- ir
- butter
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