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) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) dart
- 6.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) unicorn
- 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) star (c) purple
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) circus
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) scarf
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) purple
- 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) bird
- 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) fork
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) fork (c) star
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) guitar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) first
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) shark (c) corn
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) car
- 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
Answer key
- burger
- unicorn
- circus
- ir
- dart
- er
- unicorn
- ladder
- purple
- hammer
- computer
- circus
- or
- er
- ir
- bird
- paper
- ar
- star
- butter
- yarn
- ur
- fork
- yarn
- popcorn
- fork
- ir
- ar
- girl
- er
- third
- guitar
- corn
- computer
- car
- tiger
- ar
- ar
- ir
- spider
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