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) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) bird
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 7.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) paper
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) paper
- 15.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) jar
- 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) butter
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) ladder
- 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) yarn
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 25.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) hammer
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) shark
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) girl
- 31.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 34.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) fork (c) spider
- 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- scarf
- or
- circle
- first
- tiger
- ur
- car
- turkey
- ar
- circus
- ur
- corn
- purple
- turkey
- thermometer
- corn
- er
- butter
- star
- ur
- shark
- spider
- popcorn
- guitar
- er
- dart
- jar
- bird
- ur
- paper
- er
- star
- yarn
- ir
- unicorn
- third
- hammer
- computer
- bird
- er
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