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) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) circle
- 5.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) turtle
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 20.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) third (c) corn
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) bird
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) unicorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) tiger
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) yarn
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
- 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 37.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) popcorn
Answer key
- paper
- purple
- ir
- unicorn
- er
- star
- turkey
- shark
- or
- ar
- circle
- guitar
- hammer
- or
- unicorn
- guitar
- ur
- circus
- turtle
- first
- computer
- bird
- yarn
- fork
- girl
- ir
- popcorn
- ar
- ar
- er
- ar
- burger
- butter
- thermometer
- scarf
- ur
- fork
- burger
- bird
- popcorn
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