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) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 4.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) star
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) torch
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 9.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) spider
- 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) car (c) spider
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) tiger
- 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) torch
- 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) scarf
- 27.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) circus
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) car
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) girl
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 40.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
Answer key
- tiger
- corn
- star
- er
- girl
- yarn
- circus
- butter
- bird
- or
- unicorn
- ar
- spider
- ir
- guitar
- ladder
- burger
- car
- scarf
- turtle
- torch
- third
- ir
- thermometer
- jar
- turtle
- girl
- ir
- ur
- paper
- circle
- or
- or
- unicorn
- or
- corn
- fork
- computer
- bird
- spider
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