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.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) bird
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) circle
- 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 6.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
- 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) turtle
- 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
- 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) butter
- 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 19.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) third
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) torch
- 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) car
- 32.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 38.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) butter
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) corn (c) dart
Answer key
- popcorn
- bird
- ar
- tiger
- hammer
- car
- purple
- ladder
- scarf
- turtle
- ur
- turkey
- girl
- unicorn
- unicorn
- bird
- burger
- popcorn
- er
- circle
- ir
- third
- fork
- ar
- turkey
- fork
- turtle
- ur
- guitar
- or
- car
- er
- thermometer
- star
- er
- computer
- yarn
- ar
- butter
- corn
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