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 has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) hammer
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) bird
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) butter
- 16.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) butter
- 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) torch
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) tiger
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) unicorn
- 26.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) guitar
- 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) shark
- 34.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) torch
- 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) purple
Answer key
- unicorn
- scarf
- popcorn
- or
- fork
- ir
- corn
- torch
- turtle
- paper
- first
- hammer
- fork
- yarn
- butter
- dart
- girl
- turkey
- ar
- ar
- scarf
- corn
- bird
- tiger
- first
- computer
- er
- ar
- guitar
- ur
- hammer
- or
- shark
- er
- spider
- ir
- popcorn
- circus
- ir
- purple
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