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) scarf (c) popcorn
- 2.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) turtle
- 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
- 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
- 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) jar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) shark
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) computer
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) purple
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) purple
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) flower
- 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) hammer (c) circle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) fork
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) yarn
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) butter
- 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) computer
- 31.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) purple
- 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) turkey
- 39.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 40.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- scarf
- er
- turtle
- car
- hammer
- or
- popcorn
- fork
- burger
- star
- torch
- fork
- shark
- purple
- ur
- torch
- circus
- guitar
- ar
- ir
- thermometer
- dart
- hammer
- turkey
- yarn
- butter
- circle
- ar
- turtle
- first
- er
- ar
- ladder
- ar
- third
- purple
- corn
- circle
- computer
- ar
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