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) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) third
- 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 4.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) circus (c) purple
- 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) yarn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) guitar
- 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) burger
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) bird
- 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) fork
- 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- corn
- third
- computer
- er
- dart
- purple
- or
- unicorn
- yarn
- guitar
- er
- girl
- ur
- purple
- star
- yarn
- unicorn
- turkey
- or
- jar
- girl
- torch
- torch
- ar
- ur
- turtle
- popcorn
- ar
- ar
- turkey
- ur
- fork
- butter
- circus
- ir
- or
- ar
- first
- fork
- or
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