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) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 2.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) unicorn
- 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 6.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) first
- 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
- 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
- 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) fork
- 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) third (c) car
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) first (c) hammer
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) turkey
- 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) ladder (c) first
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) turkey
- 31.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turkey
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) spider
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) popcorn
- 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) third (c) popcorn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) yarn
- 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
Answer key
- yarn
- jar
- ur
- unicorn
- hammer
- er
- yarn
- guitar
- ar
- purple
- fork
- ur
- scarf
- ar
- or
- ir
- butter
- bird
- ar
- paper
- car
- hammer
- ir
- ar
- ar
- ladder
- ur
- first
- scarf
- turkey
- dart
- circus
- bird
- spider
- burger
- burger
- thermometer
- purple
- ar
- star
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