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) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) car (c) thermometer
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) shark (c) turtle
- 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) guitar
- 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) scarf
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 13.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 19.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) spider
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turkey
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 24.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) dart (c) corn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) computer (c) first
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) hammer
- 34.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) guitar
- 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- yarn
- car
- or
- scarf
- popcorn
- paper
- purple
- torch
- burger
- girl
- scarf
- corn
- ladder
- tiger
- circus
- third
- er
- flower
- er
- shark
- butter
- flower
- ar
- or
- ur
- torch
- ir
- er
- ur
- ur
- corn
- first
- jar
- dart
- or
- popcorn
- guitar
- bird
- er
- ar
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