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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circle
- 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
- 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) circus
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) thermometer
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) turkey
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) guitar
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) first
- 11.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) bird
- 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) computer
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) purple
- 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) turtle
- 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) dart
- 24.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) fork
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) scarf
- 29.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) torch
- 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) purple
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) jar (c) butter
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) first (c) turkey
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turkey
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) corn
- 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) corn
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) thermometer
Answer key
- ur
- popcorn
- car
- popcorn
- ar
- jar
- thermometer
- bird
- third
- tiger
- flower
- spider
- turkey
- computer
- ur
- dart
- third
- or
- car
- ar
- ir
- bird
- hammer
- er
- girl
- jar
- shark
- scarf
- first
- torch
- corn
- purple
- butter
- first
- star
- corn
- purple
- dart
- turtle
- guitar
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