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) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 2.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) ladder
- 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) turtle
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 9.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) star (c) girl
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circus (c) turtle
- 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) ladder (c) turtle
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) turkey
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) first
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) flower
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) fork
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) star
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
- 26.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) purple (c) corn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) shark
- 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) bird
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) circle
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) first
- 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- popcorn
- ur
- third
- ar
- girl
- turtle
- fork
- shark
- car
- thermometer
- girl
- circus
- circle
- yarn
- turtle
- ladder
- or
- turkey
- burger
- ur
- tiger
- flower
- fork
- star
- butter
- ar
- purple
- corn
- shark
- or
- bird
- tiger
- scarf
- torch
- bird
- ur
- er
- circle
- shark
- ir
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