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) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) dart
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) torch
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) corn
- 5.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) first
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) purple
- 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) flower
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) fork
- 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 18.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) turkey
- 22.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) jar (c) spider
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 28.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) unicorn
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) car
- 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) burger
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) unicorn
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) bird
- 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) torch
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) corn
Answer key
- popcorn
- dart
- torch
- corn
- ar
- turkey
- first
- spider
- ur
- yarn
- circle
- ur
- flower
- tiger
- ir
- ar
- ar
- ar
- turtle
- or
- circus
- er
- ir
- jar
- hammer
- fork
- bird
- circus
- star
- ir
- er
- ur
- car
- ladder
- burger
- turkey
- shark
- butter
- paper
- yarn
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