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) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) paper (c) popcorn
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) bird
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 7.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
- 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 19.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) burger
- 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) fork
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) guitar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) spider
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) popcorn
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
- 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) fork
- 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) burger
- 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- bird
- popcorn
- or
- girl
- computer
- burger
- tiger
- ar
- guitar
- ir
- paper
- ir
- ir
- flower
- unicorn
- car
- ir
- or
- computer
- tiger
- ir
- ar
- burger
- ur
- popcorn
- bird
- or
- fork
- or
- corn
- dart
- star
- paper
- yarn
- ir
- fork
- ur
- turkey
- girl
- ar
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