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) corn (b) dart (c) paper
- 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 7.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) turtle
- 11.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) third
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) thermometer
- 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) ladder
- 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) yarn
- 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) flower
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) thermometer
- 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circus
- 40.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- bird
- corn
- guitar
- ur
- or
- popcorn
- flower
- third
- fork
- turtle
- er
- turtle
- ar
- er
- scarf
- or
- girl
- first
- yarn
- computer
- thermometer
- torch
- ir
- ir
- ladder
- paper
- fork
- er
- corn
- spider
- flower
- popcorn
- ur
- ar
- or
- car
- ir
- er
- circus
- ur
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