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) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) bird
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) corn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) purple
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) star
- 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
- 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) jar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) bird
- 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) burger
- 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) popcorn
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) hammer
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) third
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) third
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) purple
- 37.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- yarn
- thermometer
- unicorn
- turkey
- popcorn
- scarf
- guitar
- turtle
- purple
- hammer
- star
- star
- guitar
- ar
- jar
- bird
- ur
- or
- ur
- ir
- or
- circle
- bird
- ar
- popcorn
- hammer
- or
- corn
- tiger
- third
- ur
- er
- corn
- shark
- third
- spider
- er
- shark
- ir
- ir
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