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 “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) burger
- 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) girl
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) torch
- 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) star
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) purple
- 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) torch
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) third (c) turtle
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) computer (c) turtle
- 15.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) circle
- 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) car
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) car
- 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) burger
Answer key
- fork
- or
- hammer
- jar
- ar
- guitar
- er
- corn
- or
- dart
- ar
- torch
- paper
- turtle
- jar
- popcorn
- er
- car
- or
- turtle
- ar
- ir
- ir
- torch
- yarn
- star
- ur
- computer
- ar
- ar
- er
- turkey
- burger
- er
- girl
- flower
- ur
- or
- er
- star
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