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) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) car
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) corn
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
- 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) turtle
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) turtle
- 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) burger
- 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 18.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) torch
- 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) corn
- 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 24.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) corn
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) third
- 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) star
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) flower
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) paper
- 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) burger
Answer key
- popcorn
- car
- guitar
- corn
- popcorn
- ir
- ur
- er
- girl
- scarf
- ar
- yarn
- ladder
- er
- unicorn
- first
- turkey
- ar
- flower
- ir
- tiger
- star
- purple
- flower
- torch
- paper
- or
- first
- turtle
- star
- third
- ar
- er
- ar
- fork
- fork
- burger
- purple
- ir
- bird
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