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) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) star
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) fork
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) computer
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) tiger
- 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) torch
- 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) guitar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) first (c) unicorn
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) flower
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) turtle
- 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) purple (c) fork
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) first (c) corn
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) car
- 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- fork
- first
- torch
- ar
- corn
- purple
- unicorn
- or
- or
- guitar
- shark
- star
- burger
- ar
- spider
- bird
- ur
- computer
- tiger
- yarn
- torch
- ar
- star
- guitar
- first
- turtle
- thermometer
- scarf
- turtle
- er
- ir
- purple
- circus
- ar
- girl
- corn
- ar
- popcorn
- car
- ar
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