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) spider (b) shark (c) bird
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) ladder
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 4.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 5.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) flower
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 9.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 11.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) thermometer
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) fork
- 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 18.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) turtle
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) bird
- 23.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 26.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) car
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) torch
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) corn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) yarn
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) car
- 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 36.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) jar
Answer key
- shark
- circus
- guitar
- shark
- jar
- turtle
- third
- tiger
- flower
- unicorn
- turkey
- thermometer
- purple
- ar
- ur
- girl
- popcorn
- scarf
- fork
- fork
- computer
- butter
- or
- ur
- ladder
- yarn
- dart
- bird
- turtle
- torch
- girl
- yarn
- car
- ar
- circus
- thermometer
- burger
- or
- er
- jar
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