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) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 2.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) turkey
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) spider
- 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) third (c) corn
- 13.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) corn
- 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) purple
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) star
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) third
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) car (c) corn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) jar
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 26.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 29.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 31.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) ladder
- 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) computer (c) circus
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) torch
- 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- dart
- jar
- bird
- ar
- fork
- er
- first
- unicorn
- or
- er
- paper
- third
- ir
- ur
- corn
- car
- corn
- guitar
- popcorn
- star
- paper
- spider
- car
- turtle
- fork
- computer
- er
- tiger
- er
- ar
- er
- shark
- girl
- yarn
- turtle
- or
- scarf
- jar
- torch
- ir
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