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) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) scarf
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) torch
- 8.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) turtle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 19.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) computer (c) popcorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) first
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 23.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) turkey
- 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 28.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 29.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) third
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) fork
- 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) jar
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 37.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) corn
- 39.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) spider
Answer key
- torch
- corn
- ar
- ir
- thermometer
- purple
- scarf
- computer
- or
- fork
- turkey
- ar
- ladder
- star
- purple
- yarn
- turtle
- circus
- er
- popcorn
- first
- bird
- circle
- er
- ladder
- bird
- ur
- popcorn
- ir
- ur
- tiger
- paper
- or
- guitar
- torch
- circus
- ar
- circle
- dart
- spider
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