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) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) unicorn
- 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) bird
- 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) popcorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) girl
- 16.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) paper
- 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) burger
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) yarn
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) guitar
- 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) corn
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) circus
- 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) guitar
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) car
- 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
Answer key
- burger
- ur
- car
- popcorn
- bird
- unicorn
- or
- butter
- ladder
- ar
- bird
- purple
- corn
- popcorn
- girl
- ar
- purple
- circle
- ar
- first
- fork
- unicorn
- spider
- paper
- ur
- er
- or
- turtle
- star
- corn
- torch
- computer
- guitar
- guitar
- first
- ir
- turkey
- spider
- turtle
- circus
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