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 has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circus (c) torch
- 2.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) flower
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) hammer
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 6.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) paper
- 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) dart
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) purple
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) turtle
- 16.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) star
- 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) shark
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) burger
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) turtle
- 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) star
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 35.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 38.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) scarf
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) turkey
Answer key
- circus
- tiger
- flower
- hammer
- ar
- shark
- fork
- popcorn
- corn
- bird
- tiger
- or
- or
- corn
- dart
- hammer
- ur
- unicorn
- turkey
- ar
- burger
- or
- shark
- burger
- girl
- star
- er
- scarf
- ur
- star
- ur
- er
- ir
- butter
- er
- circle
- paper
- girl
- scarf
- guitar
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