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) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) third
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) spider
- 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) first (c) spider
- 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) car (c) torch
- 12.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) tiger
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) fork
- 18.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) purple
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) car
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) spider
- 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) jar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) first (c) popcorn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) guitar
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) guitar (c) burger
- 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 39.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) bird
Answer key
- paper
- popcorn
- third
- tiger
- turtle
- first
- spider
- first
- ar
- star
- torch
- hammer
- car
- purple
- ir
- turkey
- fork
- er
- torch
- burger
- purple
- turkey
- star
- ir
- or
- jar
- car
- spider
- or
- or
- ir
- flower
- popcorn
- guitar
- tiger
- computer
- burger
- yarn
- circle
- bird
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