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) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) fork (c) dart
- 3.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 5.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) car (c) corn
- 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 10.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) flower (c) yarn
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) turtle
- 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) shark (c) turkey
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 25.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) thermometer
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) purple
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) burger
- 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) third
- 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
Answer key
- spider
- first
- ir
- paper
- er
- ur
- car
- scarf
- star
- or
- butter
- circus
- ur
- third
- purple
- torch
- turtle
- dart
- unicorn
- shark
- turkey
- ar
- ir
- popcorn
- er
- or
- ur
- er
- er
- ir
- star
- unicorn
- thermometer
- ladder
- fork
- butter
- or
- guitar
- burger
- circle
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