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) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) bird
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) shark
- 9.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) girl
- 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) shark
- 19.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 21.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 23.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 25.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) purple
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) corn
- 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) third
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) fork (c) turtle
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) car (c) unicorn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) star
Answer key
- torch
- tiger
- or
- burger
- or
- bird
- turtle
- shark
- ir
- unicorn
- ur
- ur
- bird
- circus
- ir
- girl
- ur
- torch
- tiger
- circus
- or
- girl
- er
- er
- paper
- shark
- flower
- jar
- guitar
- butter
- hammer
- turkey
- turtle
- circle
- or
- ar
- hammer
- yarn
- car
- star
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