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) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) star (c) fork
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) turtle
- 4.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 11.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 13.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) corn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) turkey
- 17.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) dart
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) paper (c) circle
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) third
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) tiger
- 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) purple
- 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 35.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 36.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) car
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- unicorn
- star
- corn
- computer
- ur
- or
- popcorn
- ur
- or
- guitar
- bird
- circus
- ir
- turkey
- guitar
- shark
- or
- dart
- car
- corn
- er
- ir
- computer
- bird
- tiger
- turkey
- ir
- circus
- purple
- purple
- ir
- unicorn
- tiger
- circle
- ladder
- hammer
- turtle
- ir
- ar
- or
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