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 “ir”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) girl
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) third (c) purple
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) third
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) circle
- 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) burger
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) computer
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) flower
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) circus
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) paper
- 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 14.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) yarn
- 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) spider
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) flower
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) jar
- 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) circle
- 29.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) jar
- 31.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 32.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) car
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) purple
- 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) hammer
- 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
Answer key
- girl
- star
- third
- dart
- popcorn
- yarn
- ur
- computer
- bird
- circus
- purple
- paper
- dart
- jar
- burger
- ir
- fork
- girl
- ir
- star
- ir
- ar
- flower
- ar
- ur
- corn
- burger
- tiger
- er
- jar
- flower
- or
- guitar
- car
- thermometer
- scarf
- or
- ur
- hammer
- first
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