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) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) corn
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) guitar
- 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 13.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) corn
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) star (c) ladder
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) burger
- 17.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) purple
- 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) scarf
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) car (c) flower
- 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) corn
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) flower
- 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) girl
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) girl
- 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- corn
- unicorn
- car
- ar
- ur
- er
- girl
- ur
- ur
- popcorn
- hammer
- yarn
- tiger
- corn
- ladder
- yarn
- or
- ladder
- turtle
- bird
- first
- circus
- star
- popcorn
- scarf
- circle
- ar
- shark
- flower
- ur
- thermometer
- girl
- paper
- er
- torch
- flower
- or
- fork
- ir
- ir
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