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) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 2.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) tiger
- 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) fork (c) turtle
- 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 7.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) spider (c) bird
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) flower (c) yarn
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) turkey
- 13.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) thermometer
- 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) corn (c) star
- 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) fork
- 26.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) star
- 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
- 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) car
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) third
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) first
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) spider
Answer key
- unicorn
- ir
- tiger
- er
- fork
- jar
- ladder
- ir
- spider
- flower
- unicorn
- circle
- paper
- guitar
- ar
- ur
- corn
- ar
- popcorn
- dart
- dart
- ur
- corn
- turkey
- star
- first
- thermometer
- hammer
- ir
- guitar
- car
- ur
- er
- car
- burger
- torch
- first
- purple
- or
- burger
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