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) turtle (b) dart (c) fork
- 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) ladder
- 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) third (c) corn
- 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) fork
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) first
- 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) star
- 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) bird (c) hammer
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) car
- 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 28.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) corn (c) dart
- 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) spider
- 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) bird
Answer key
- dart
- bird
- ladder
- popcorn
- ur
- ir
- turtle
- corn
- tiger
- torch
- ur
- er
- hammer
- fork
- yarn
- purple
- thermometer
- star
- star
- computer
- ir
- car
- hammer
- car
- or
- ir
- ar
- flower
- scarf
- first
- ir
- or
- guitar
- ar
- jar
- ur
- ur
- unicorn
- ir
- burger
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