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) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) corn
- 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) corn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) shark
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) circus
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 19.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) spider
- 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) torch
- 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) computer (c) turtle
- 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) turkey
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) star
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) first
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 35.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
Answer key
- unicorn
- guitar
- circus
- unicorn
- yarn
- ur
- third
- scarf
- shark
- burger
- turtle
- jar
- er
- or
- er
- ar
- hammer
- computer
- car
- spider
- ur
- circle
- dart
- ir
- shark
- star
- corn
- butter
- spider
- turkey
- bird
- or
- popcorn
- star
- er
- ir
- ir
- or
- ar
- ur
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