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) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) corn
- 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) shark
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) fork
- 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) burger (c) ladder
- 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) popcorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) purple
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) burger
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) girl
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) flower
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) shark
- 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) popcorn
- 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 32.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) yarn
- 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) tiger
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) first
- 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) third
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) fork
Answer key
- tiger
- popcorn
- ur
- corn
- ir
- torch
- fork
- or
- burger
- ar
- star
- corn
- ar
- turtle
- ir
- popcorn
- girl
- guitar
- bird
- ladder
- paper
- ur
- ar
- er
- ar
- car
- unicorn
- purple
- torch
- shark
- third
- er
- yarn
- bird
- ir
- circus
- flower
- spider
- purple
- scarf
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