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 “or”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) corn
- 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) shark (c) hammer
- 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) star
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) dart (c) fork
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) car
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) first
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) scarf
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) car
- 21.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 22.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) turkey
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) circus
- 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) fork
- 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 33.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 34.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) tiger
- 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 38.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) yarn
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
Answer key
- corn
- ar
- shark
- corn
- ar
- star
- dart
- purple
- popcorn
- first
- or
- ur
- er
- burger
- flower
- scarf
- spider
- er
- thermometer
- turkey
- flower
- er
- jar
- third
- guitar
- circus
- unicorn
- turkey
- fork
- ur
- or
- girl
- spider
- er
- tiger
- ir
- popcorn
- ar
- yarn
- star
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