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) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) circus
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) fork
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) computer
- 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) corn
- 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) computer
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) guitar
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) girl
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 20.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) corn
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) car
- 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 32.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) butter
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) fork
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) popcorn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) burger (c) bird
- 37.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 39.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) popcorn
Answer key
- unicorn
- car
- circus
- burger
- torch
- bird
- purple
- burger
- yarn
- turtle
- third
- paper
- hammer
- girl
- corn
- ar
- paper
- or
- first
- thermometer
- star
- circle
- ir
- spider
- ur
- ur
- butter
- star
- corn
- first
- ur
- ar
- turkey
- ladder
- hammer
- bird
- er
- ar
- ladder
- flower
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