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) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) burger
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) shark
- 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) jar
- 9.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) computer (c) first
- 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 20.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) burger
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) unicorn
- 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) guitar
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) bird
- 40.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
Answer key
- fork
- burger
- star
- burger
- purple
- purple
- ar
- jar
- jar
- circus
- turtle
- first
- scarf
- girl
- ur
- popcorn
- dart
- corn
- circus
- er
- dart
- unicorn
- unicorn
- ar
- ir
- shark
- or
- torch
- torch
- turtle
- ar
- er
- butter
- ar
- turkey
- or
- or
- er
- bird
- hammer
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