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) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) yarn
- 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circus (c) burger
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) circus (c) paper
- 8.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) fork
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) spider
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) tiger
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) purple (c) jar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) tiger
- 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) butter (c) turkey
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) third (c) guitar
- 25.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) computer
- 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
- 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) first (c) purple
- 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) bird
- 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
Answer key
- popcorn
- or
- circle
- circle
- ur
- circus
- paper
- ir
- er
- ir
- or
- bird
- turtle
- spider
- yarn
- ur
- purple
- jar
- car
- or
- popcorn
- burger
- butter
- third
- ir
- ur
- computer
- dart
- ir
- ar
- or
- star
- torch
- ir
- first
- car
- unicorn
- flower
- ar
- guitar
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