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) scorf (c) scurf
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) burger
- 3.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) third (c) burger
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) first
- 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 13.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) computer
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 19.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) butter (c) torch
- 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) star
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) car (c) turkey
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) jar
- 27.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 29.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) dart
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) first
- 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) circus
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 39.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) unicorn
Answer key
- scarf
- corn
- ar
- popcorn
- bird
- third
- turtle
- or
- first
- torch
- burger
- circle
- first
- girl
- spider
- ar
- guitar
- unicorn
- bird
- burger
- ladder
- dart
- star
- car
- purple
- tiger
- ir
- ur
- girl
- or
- fork
- dart
- ir
- ar
- guitar
- flower
- ar
- car
- er
- unicorn
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