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) dart (b) turkey (c) flower
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) turkey
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) fork (c) car
- 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) fork (c) guitar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) star
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) hammer
- 10.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) circus
- 14.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) first (c) turtle
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 17.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
- 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 19.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) turtle
- 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 24.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) turkey
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 29.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) ladder (c) dart
- 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) third (c) shark
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) turtle
- 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) circus
- 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) girl
- 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
Answer key
- dart
- turkey
- popcorn
- car
- ir
- fork
- tiger
- flower
- hammer
- er
- corn
- ur
- computer
- or
- first
- thermometer
- scarf
- turkey
- er
- er
- ur
- bird
- computer
- ur
- er
- paper
- shark
- yarn
- ar
- car
- burger
- burger
- spider
- yarn
- fork
- circus
- jar
- or
- turtle
- bird
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