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 “ar”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) fork
- 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) purple
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) fork (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) girl
- 7.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 8.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) torch
- 10.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) computer
- 14.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) turkey
- 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 18.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 19.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) dart
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) scarf
- 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) circus
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 33.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) tiger
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) first
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) turtle
- 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) circle
- 40.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- jar
- ar
- ir
- hammer
- turtle
- spider
- thermometer
- ir
- torch
- er
- er
- butter
- unicorn
- car
- first
- or
- spider
- hammer
- paper
- guitar
- girl
- ar
- turkey
- scarf
- purple
- torch
- yarn
- circus
- dart
- ir
- or
- turkey
- scarf
- tiger
- guitar
- fork
- ir
- purple
- circle
- ur
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