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 “or”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) first
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) bird
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) girl
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 7.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) third
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) turkey
- 11.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) corn
- 13.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) car
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) purple
- 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) corn
- 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) turkey
- 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) flower
- 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) shark
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) jar
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) car
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) star
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) yarn
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
Answer key
- popcorn
- bird
- fork
- ir
- star
- tiger
- ar
- spider
- third
- shark
- popcorn
- purple
- ir
- first
- guitar
- unicorn
- thermometer
- turkey
- ar
- girl
- bird
- ar
- jar
- scarf
- er
- er
- paper
- ar
- tiger
- unicorn
- ir
- ar
- ur
- ur
- ar
- car
- corn
- burger
- er
- third
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