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) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) first
- 4.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) computer
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) car
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) girl
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) thermometer
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) girl
- 17.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) paper
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) jar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) scarf
- 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) guitar
- 29.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 30.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 33.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) circus
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) yarn
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- first
- scarf
- butter
- scarf
- computer
- yarn
- turkey
- torch
- car
- tiger
- ar
- or
- ir
- girl
- thermometer
- spider
- shark
- paper
- or
- bird
- purple
- burger
- ur
- ar
- er
- girl
- ar
- guitar
- paper
- ur
- ir
- unicorn
- popcorn
- butter
- hammer
- ur
- ar
- turkey
- bird
- or
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