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) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) torch
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) scarf
- 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turtle
- 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) car
- 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) computer
- 17.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) circus
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) turkey
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) purple
- 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) guitar
- 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) torch
- 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
- 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) turkey
- 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) shark
- 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
Answer key
- circle
- dart
- scarf
- guitar
- ir
- butter
- or
- popcorn
- bird
- ar
- torch
- star
- popcorn
- car
- er
- computer
- ir
- thermometer
- first
- ur
- tiger
- spider
- ar
- circus
- purple
- ladder
- guitar
- er
- ar
- shark
- unicorn
- ur
- third
- bird
- tiger
- er
- ar
- fork
- or
- corn
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