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 “ar”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) shark
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) first (c) turkey
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) third
- 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) torch
- 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 13.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 18.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) circus
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) paper
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) butter
- 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) star (c) torch
- 28.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) first (c) spider
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) star (c) girl
- 32.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) first
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) turkey
- 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) car (c) butter
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) corn
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) corn (c) thermometer
Answer key
- shark
- turkey
- popcorn
- paper
- purple
- corn
- torch
- torch
- unicorn
- corn
- or
- bird
- shark
- computer
- or
- ar
- scarf
- ar
- circus
- fork
- paper
- ur
- girl
- unicorn
- ir
- ar
- star
- er
- ur
- spider
- girl
- er
- ur
- turtle
- ladder
- ir
- butter
- circle
- purple
- thermometer
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