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) dart (b) flower (c) corn
- 2.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) third
- 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) first
- 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) turtle
- 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) shark
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) scarf
- 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) car
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) car
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) star
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) paper
- 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) hammer
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) fork
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) popcorn
Answer key
- dart
- shark
- guitar
- thermometer
- burger
- or
- er
- first
- ar
- ar
- car
- scarf
- ur
- popcorn
- ar
- er
- ladder
- spider
- ar
- ur
- unicorn
- girl
- turkey
- scarf
- circle
- flower
- girl
- tiger
- yarn
- ir
- circus
- purple
- corn
- paper
- turkey
- jar
- ar
- flower
- bird
- turtle
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