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) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) torch
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) thermometer
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) fork
- 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) bird
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) third
- 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) burger (c) jar
- 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) circus
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) purple
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) car
- 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) torch
- 26.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) bird
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) paper (c) third
- 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) flower
- 40.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- yarn
- burger
- guitar
- first
- popcorn
- or
- thermometer
- shark
- fork
- turkey
- corn
- circle
- or
- yarn
- ar
- jar
- dart
- ar
- circus
- guitar
- bird
- purple
- ur
- or
- butter
- er
- purple
- or
- computer
- er
- fork
- torch
- turkey
- popcorn
- ir
- paper
- spider
- or
- first
- er
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