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) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circle
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) girl
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 15.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) bird
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) circus
- 21.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) spider
- 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) butter
- 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) torch
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) dart
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) purple
- 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) bird
- 39.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) first (c) guitar
Answer key
- scarf
- fork
- or
- circle
- turtle
- ar
- thermometer
- star
- tiger
- ur
- ladder
- er
- unicorn
- yarn
- ar
- third
- ur
- guitar
- purple
- corn
- butter
- bird
- ir
- circus
- computer
- hammer
- dart
- burger
- turkey
- er
- torch
- ur
- first
- scarf
- turtle
- spider
- ar
- bird
- er
- paper
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