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) first (b) fork (c) yarn
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) flower (c) corn
- 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 8.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) guitar
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) corn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) star (c) third
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 15.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) guitar
- 19.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) butter
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) circus
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 27.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) torch (c) flower
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turkey
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) dart
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) car (c) fork
- 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
- 36.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
- 39.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
Answer key
- first
- popcorn
- scarf
- or
- burger
- or
- ar
- ir
- ladder
- corn
- third
- ar
- ir
- bird
- circus
- unicorn
- er
- guitar
- butter
- popcorn
- guitar
- or
- fork
- circus
- shark
- star
- computer
- ar
- torch
- bird
- paper
- ir
- car
- ar
- shark
- ir
- ur
- car
- er
- corn
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