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) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 3.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 4.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) first
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) fork
- 7.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) popcorn
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) butter
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) turkey
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) car
- 23.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) scarf
- 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) popcorn
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) turtle
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) butter
- 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) purple
- 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) computer
- 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) star
- 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- yarn
- fork
- unicorn
- er
- guitar
- fork
- er
- dart
- ar
- ladder
- burger
- circle
- ur
- car
- ar
- turtle
- purple
- jar
- yarn
- burger
- scarf
- turkey
- er
- circle
- ur
- corn
- scarf
- ir
- or
- hammer
- turtle
- popcorn
- hammer
- spider
- flower
- computer
- or
- star
- ur
- ar
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