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) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) star (c) burger
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) tiger
- 6.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) thermometer (c) corn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) first (c) flower
- 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) computer
- 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) corn
- 20.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) car (c) fork
- 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) butter
- 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 28.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) car
- 31.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) thermometer
- 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) third
- 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) butter (c) guitar
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
Answer key
- torch
- burger
- star
- jar
- dart
- ar
- thermometer
- circus
- ir
- flower
- ur
- er
- butter
- torch
- ar
- ar
- turtle
- first
- corn
- er
- fork
- ur
- ur
- butter
- ir
- popcorn
- circus
- flower
- ir
- hammer
- girl
- unicorn
- unicorn
- or
- third
- burger
- guitar
- ir
- ar
- third
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