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) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) purple
- 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) bird
- 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) spider
- 11.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) fork
- 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 25.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
- 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) star
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) scarf
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circus (c) butter
Answer key
- star
- girl
- or
- torch
- or
- ur
- er
- butter
- unicorn
- circus
- ar
- burger
- fork
- ir
- computer
- popcorn
- er
- or
- unicorn
- or
- er
- ir
- ur
- paper
- ar
- tiger
- corn
- yarn
- fork
- turtle
- shark
- ar
- first
- star
- ir
- scarf
- first
- ur
- torch
- car
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