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) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) yarn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) jar (c) burger
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) third
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) third (c) car
- 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) circus
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 13.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) corn (c) flower
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 17.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 24.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) dart
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) star
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) purple
- 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) scarf
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) fork
- 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) first
Answer key
- corn
- yarn
- first
- unicorn
- third
- ar
- popcorn
- ur
- or
- butter
- or
- popcorn
- er
- scarf
- flower
- or
- butter
- or
- purple
- ar
- torch
- ur
- spider
- unicorn
- first
- girl
- er
- paper
- ir
- or
- dart
- turtle
- star
- paper
- ur
- corn
- fork
- er
- bird
- turkey
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