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) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 2.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) computer
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 8.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 9.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) third (c) corn
- 12.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) circus
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) car
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circle (c) corn
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) star
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) circus
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) paper (c) torch
- 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) jar
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) scarf
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) purple
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) corn
- 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) turkey
Answer key
- star
- ar
- popcorn
- car
- corn
- ur
- third
- bird
- er
- or
- third
- er
- thermometer
- ur
- or
- torch
- girl
- unicorn
- spider
- fork
- torch
- ar
- star
- or
- ladder
- hammer
- ir
- er
- ur
- shark
- first
- spider
- jar
- guitar
- scarf
- purple
- corn
- ar
- purple
- fork
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