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) scurf (c) scarf
- 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) purple (c) tiger
- 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) dart
- 8.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) first
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) circle (c) corn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) shark
- 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) circle
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) yarn
- 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) shark
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) star
- 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 34.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) first
- 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) flower (c) circus
- 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
Answer key
- scarf
- ar
- ur
- tiger
- hammer
- ur
- girl
- first
- turtle
- star
- corn
- shark
- turkey
- burger
- or
- ladder
- popcorn
- ladder
- or
- corn
- turtle
- ur
- purple
- scarf
- butter
- circle
- popcorn
- tiger
- circus
- butter
- paper
- er
- er
- er
- first
- bird
- ir
- flower
- unicorn
- ir
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