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) jar (b) fork (c) purple
- 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 7.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) corn
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) thermometer
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) computer
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) third (c) spider
- 19.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) tiger
- 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) car (c) purple
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) bird
- 26.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) third
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) dart (c) ladder
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 32.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) dart
- 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) spider
Answer key
- jar
- torch
- ur
- ur
- ar
- circle
- ladder
- popcorn
- girl
- corn
- thermometer
- dart
- or
- ar
- ar
- circle
- ar
- third
- ar
- or
- burger
- circus
- car
- ir
- unicorn
- yarn
- popcorn
- turkey
- scarf
- ladder
- bird
- paper
- shark
- purple
- ur
- car
- bird
- ir
- turtle
- spider
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