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) corcle (c) circle
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) star
- 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) computer
- 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) flower
- 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) flower
- 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) bird
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 15.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) burger
- 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) guitar
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) first (c) turtle
- 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
- 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) popcorn
- 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) jar
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) first (c) turkey
- 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) star (c) turtle
Answer key
- circle
- flower
- star
- or
- burger
- unicorn
- ar
- torch
- yarn
- circle
- or
- car
- computer
- turkey
- ir
- ir
- ur
- corn
- burger
- ir
- guitar
- tiger
- flower
- fork
- jar
- ur
- spider
- paper
- ar
- or
- butter
- ir
- torch
- thermometer
- scarf
- er
- first
- fork
- ir
- turtle
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