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) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) fork
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) corn
- 5.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) jar
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) fork
- 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) dart
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) first
- 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 15.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) corn
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) star
- 19.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) hammer (c) popcorn
- 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) spider
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) fork
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 25.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) bird
- 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 36.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 39.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
Answer key
- popcorn
- bird
- circus
- butter
- flower
- paper
- fork
- ur
- or
- hammer
- dart
- turtle
- guitar
- paper
- er
- er
- corn
- spider
- jar
- jar
- turtle
- turkey
- circle
- yarn
- er
- ar
- unicorn
- or
- scarf
- purple
- shark
- bird
- burger
- popcorn
- circle
- ar
- ur
- scarf
- computer
- tiger
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