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 is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) corn (c) yarn
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) thermometer
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) third (c) torch
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) girl
- 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) girl
- 22.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) burger
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 25.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 33.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) corn
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) ladder
- 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) guitar
Answer key
- dart
- turkey
- fork
- ar
- ar
- ar
- or
- ur
- hammer
- corn
- thermometer
- ur
- or
- ladder
- flower
- burger
- girl
- circus
- shark
- unicorn
- spider
- er
- burger
- third
- paper
- ar
- er
- star
- er
- popcorn
- ir
- spider
- computer
- jar
- purple
- butter
- ladder
- turtle
- bird
- purple
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