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 “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) star
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) butter
- 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) butter (c) circus
- 15.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) turtle
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 20.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) turkey
- 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 23.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) thermometer
- 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 28.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) dart
- 30.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) car
- 32.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) dart
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) thermometer
- 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) car
- 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
Answer key
- fork
- popcorn
- flower
- girl
- turtle
- ar
- ir
- corn
- yarn
- third
- ar
- ir
- guitar
- shark
- paper
- ir
- turtle
- dart
- star
- er
- turkey
- butter
- circus
- circle
- popcorn
- car
- jar
- ar
- spider
- bird
- bird
- yarn
- corn
- thermometer
- ar
- er
- car
- er
- unicorn
- first
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