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) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) circle
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) star (c) spider
- 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) burger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) spider (c) star
- 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) fork
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) circle
- 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circus (c) corn
- 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) car
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) bird
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 39.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- first
- guitar
- fork
- guitar
- yarn
- popcorn
- spider
- ar
- ur
- or
- burger
- star
- dart
- or
- spider
- thermometer
- turtle
- ur
- shark
- torch
- ar
- turtle
- purple
- tiger
- car
- car
- er
- unicorn
- ar
- burger
- purple
- corn
- ar
- third
- first
- bird
- or
- ur
- er
- er
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