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) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) car
- 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) fork
- 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) spider
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) flower
- 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) girl
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) jar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) turkey
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) corn (c) ladder
- 26.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 27.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 30.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) paper
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) hammer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) burger
- 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) scarf
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) turkey
Answer key
- girl
- first
- guitar
- burger
- er
- er
- shark
- thermometer
- guitar
- ar
- turtle
- torch
- circus
- or
- ir
- girl
- ir
- car
- circle
- ar
- yarn
- tiger
- popcorn
- butter
- corn
- ar
- ar
- corn
- third
- ar
- tiger
- unicorn
- hammer
- bird
- bird
- scarf
- spider
- dart
- star
- turkey
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