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) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) computer
- 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) torch
- 8.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) fork (c) turtle
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) fork (c) dart
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 13.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) circus
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) dart
- 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) corn
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) car
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) guitar
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) burger (c) corn
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) purple
- 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 39.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) corn (c) burger
Answer key
- unicorn
- thermometer
- circus
- circus
- ar
- or
- turtle
- ar
- third
- fork
- dart
- dart
- ladder
- turkey
- torch
- purple
- ar
- flower
- ar
- ar
- yarn
- ur
- scarf
- or
- turtle
- circle
- bird
- corn
- hammer
- car
- car
- shark
- ur
- ar
- guitar
- corn
- girl
- popcorn
- spider
- burger
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