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) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) thermometer
- 4.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) hammer
- 6.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) third
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) corn
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) first
- 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
- 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 25.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) ladder (c) bird
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) third
- 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) purple
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) corn
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
- 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- fork
- ar
- thermometer
- shark
- hammer
- ar
- first
- ur
- guitar
- purple
- paper
- ur
- ur
- er
- yarn
- ir
- torch
- ladder
- corn
- unicorn
- car
- ar
- butter
- turtle
- ar
- ir
- turtle
- torch
- bird
- burger
- ar
- burger
- purple
- turkey
- corn
- first
- ar
- unicorn
- ir
- or
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