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) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) dart
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) fork
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turkey
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) paper
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) star (c) burger
- 11.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) tiger
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) turtle
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) computer
- 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) turkey
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) first
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) star (c) turkey
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) paper
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) dart
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) yarn
- 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 40.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
Answer key
- unicorn
- ar
- er
- third
- circle
- fork
- corn
- paper
- turkey
- burger
- er
- tiger
- ar
- er
- spider
- guitar
- er
- ar
- ar
- yarn
- or
- unicorn
- torch
- popcorn
- first
- yarn
- bird
- turtle
- or
- ir
- dart
- turkey
- ir
- first
- popcorn
- scarf
- ar
- ar
- girl
- shark
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