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) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 2.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 3.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) first (c) star
- 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) burger
- 16.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) corn
- 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) first
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) spider
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 28.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) thermometer
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) purple
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) purple
- 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) scarf
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) corn
- 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- popcorn
- hammer
- ar
- ar
- er
- torch
- corn
- or
- guitar
- or
- star
- ar
- third
- ur
- burger
- er
- ar
- er
- corn
- girl
- first
- spider
- ir
- ir
- er
- thermometer
- unicorn
- er
- computer
- ir
- spider
- ar
- guitar
- torch
- girl
- er
- scarf
- scarf
- bird
- er
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