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) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) yarn
- 4.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) bird
- 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) butter
- 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 15.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) third
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) circus
- 19.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) hammer
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) turkey
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) purple
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) flower
- 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 32.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) corn (c) third
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) hammer
- 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- popcorn
- ur
- yarn
- er
- ur
- ar
- turtle
- turkey
- bird
- torch
- or
- circus
- guitar
- unicorn
- computer
- popcorn
- tiger
- circus
- ir
- butter
- star
- ur
- car
- circle
- yarn
- or
- butter
- thermometer
- turkey
- or
- scarf
- ar
- ladder
- fork
- guitar
- ir
- corn
- unicorn
- hammer
- er
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