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) paper (b) fork (c) dart
- 2.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 5.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 6.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) car
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) circle
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) star
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) burger
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) ladder
- 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) fork
- 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) turkey
- 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) star
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) flower
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) butter
- 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) hammer
- 23.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
- 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) first (c) thermometer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) turtle
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) girl
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) third
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 34.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) burger
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 37.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
Answer key
- dart
- ar
- popcorn
- circle
- butter
- ir
- circle
- fork
- popcorn
- torch
- guitar
- unicorn
- turtle
- burger
- first
- turkey
- paper
- purple
- flower
- butter
- dart
- third
- scarf
- ar
- ir
- thermometer
- circus
- girl
- third
- star
- ir
- ladder
- scarf
- car
- burger
- or
- fork
- corn
- first
- torch
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