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) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) guitar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) scarf
- 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) guitar
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) car
- 10.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) tiger
- 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) circus
- 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) star
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) scarf
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) star (c) computer
- 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) third
- 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) girl (c) guitar
- 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
Answer key
- hammer
- butter
- scarf
- ur
- ir
- unicorn
- turtle
- or
- car
- car
- purple
- star
- third
- ar
- circus
- ar
- guitar
- er
- purple
- ir
- ladder
- bird
- star
- scarf
- fork
- circle
- dart
- ir
- ar
- shark
- ar
- computer
- torch
- circle
- or
- hammer
- unicorn
- fork
- ar
- corn
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