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) turtle (c) star
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 3.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) first (c) fork
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) popcorn
- 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 9.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) third (c) torch
- 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) first
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) yarn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) corn
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) butter
- 18.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) circus
- 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) unicorn
- 29.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) hammer
- 32.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) turkey
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) turtle
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) third
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
Answer key
- star
- fork
- er
- ar
- first
- popcorn
- guitar
- circle
- er
- torch
- or
- guitar
- tiger
- third
- torch
- third
- butter
- ur
- circus
- shark
- burger
- bird
- dart
- turtle
- yarn
- ar
- ar
- dart
- flower
- ir
- car
- er
- spider
- ar
- corn
- girl
- er
- jar
- spider
- girl
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