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) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) star (c) tiger
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) paper
- 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) turkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) shark
- 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) spider
- 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) computer (c) unicorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) circus
- 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) purple
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) dart
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) torch
- 33.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) popcorn
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) hammer
Answer key
- corn
- tiger
- fork
- spider
- turtle
- ur
- computer
- jar
- corn
- turtle
- yarn
- ir
- purple
- fork
- third
- butter
- ar
- girl
- unicorn
- butter
- popcorn
- ir
- or
- ir
- ur
- circle
- dart
- unicorn
- jar
- or
- paper
- torch
- ir
- turkey
- star
- or
- er
- shark
- burger
- hammer
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