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) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) star
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circle
- 4.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) flower
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) circle (c) burger
- 7.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) girl
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) circle
- 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) torch
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) hammer
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) turkey
- 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) yarn
- 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) circle
- 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) ladder
- 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
Answer key
- scarf
- computer
- turtle
- er
- flower
- star
- ir
- ur
- girl
- turkey
- er
- purple
- ar
- turtle
- first
- torch
- burger
- tiger
- circle
- dart
- bird
- burger
- er
- unicorn
- third
- corn
- flower
- bird
- ar
- or
- jar
- spider
- corn
- ir
- er
- ur
- torch
- ar
- ar
- unicorn
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