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) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 2.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) torch
- 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 12.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) corn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) girl
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) burger
- 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) first (c) spider
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) purple
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) yarn
- 26.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) bird
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) purple
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) third
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) circle
- 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) yarn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) bird
Answer key
- star
- car
- yarn
- hammer
- unicorn
- or
- yarn
- ar
- turtle
- purple
- corn
- computer
- corn
- girl
- or
- unicorn
- third
- spider
- ur
- ur
- er
- fork
- popcorn
- thermometer
- circle
- er
- turtle
- circle
- torch
- tiger
- ur
- bird
- girl
- guitar
- spider
- scarf
- ir
- ir
- paper
- car
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