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) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 3.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) third (c) fork
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) fork
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) computer
- 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) circle
- 12.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) corn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) turtle
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) computer (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) butter
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) circus
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) yarn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) butter
- 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) third
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) yarn
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) jar (c) fork
- 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) turkey
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
Answer key
- car
- popcorn
- er
- dart
- ur
- spider
- circus
- turkey
- ar
- circle
- ladder
- guitar
- torch
- computer
- scarf
- burger
- ir
- torch
- butter
- dart
- ar
- ir
- flower
- turtle
- girl
- thermometer
- third
- yarn
- or
- fork
- scarf
- corn
- ur
- popcorn
- ir
- or
- turkey
- corn
- unicorn
- third
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