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) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) turtle
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) girl
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) shark (c) flower
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) third
- 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) turtle
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) circus
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) first (c) thermometer
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 18.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 21.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) butter
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) first (c) burger
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) burger
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) ladder
- 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 30.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) fork
- 32.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) paper
- 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 38.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
Answer key
- unicorn
- circle
- ur
- butter
- or
- girl
- first
- guitar
- ar
- star
- ar
- first
- circus
- turtle
- jar
- car
- turkey
- ir
- flower
- fork
- er
- butter
- corn
- burger
- popcorn
- third
- turkey
- ur
- shark
- girl
- fork
- yarn
- tiger
- turtle
- paper
- burger
- tiger
- ir
- ir
- star
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