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 “ar”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) scarf
- 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 4.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) shark
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) girl
- 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) scarf
- 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) star
- 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) guitar
- 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) turtle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) turkey
- 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) star (c) fork
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) scarf
- 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) turtle
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) tiger
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) circle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) dart
- 38.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) third
Answer key
- scarf
- ir
- ar
- er
- er
- ar
- yarn
- tiger
- popcorn
- burger
- hammer
- girl
- ur
- ur
- spider
- torch
- unicorn
- star
- scarf
- guitar
- star
- dart
- turkey
- or
- circle
- fork
- ur
- unicorn
- purple
- popcorn
- third
- or
- turtle
- bird
- ir
- torch
- circle
- er
- ir
- third
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