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) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) flower
- 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) first (c) guitar
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) scarf
- 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) purple
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 11.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) circle
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 18.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 19.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 23.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) spider
- 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) ladder
- 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) butter
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) torch
Answer key
- butter
- popcorn
- star
- corn
- fork
- er
- purple
- yarn
- scarf
- fork
- ar
- ar
- circle
- or
- er
- shark
- first
- yarn
- er
- guitar
- star
- turtle
- er
- dart
- flower
- guitar
- ir
- or
- er
- er
- girl
- third
- er
- spider
- ur
- ir
- shark
- or
- hammer
- torch
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