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) torch (b) car (c) turtle
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) circle
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) corn (c) star
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) flower
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) turkey
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) bird
- 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) tiger
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) torch
- 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) yarn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) turtle
- 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) circle
- 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
- 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) torch
- 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 37.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- car
- fork
- yarn
- corn
- unicorn
- guitar
- ar
- ladder
- turkey
- burger
- circle
- purple
- guitar
- unicorn
- scarf
- paper
- ur
- ir
- thermometer
- tiger
- turtle
- ar
- ur
- ir
- first
- third
- turkey
- jar
- ur
- circle
- torch
- shark
- or
- torch
- or
- turtle
- er
- ar
- ir
- er
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