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) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) tiger
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) star (c) paper
- 5.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
- 8.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) car
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
- 16.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) turtle
- 19.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) first
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) third
- 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) guitar
- 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) guitar
- 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) scarf
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) girl
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) paper
- 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) bird
Answer key
- third
- tiger
- ur
- paper
- circle
- turkey
- unicorn
- flower
- butter
- ur
- tiger
- ar
- circus
- or
- corn
- paper
- jar
- popcorn
- ar
- first
- ladder
- or
- guitar
- ar
- spider
- ar
- dart
- ir
- ir
- popcorn
- spider
- scarf
- girl
- turtle
- ar
- fork
- ir
- fork
- or
- bird
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