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) computer (b) torch (c) star
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) corn
- 3.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) thermometer
- 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) yarn
- 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 9.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 10.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 11.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 12.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) purple
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 16.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) third
- 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) butter
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) turtle
- 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) turkey
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) first
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) fork
- 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- star
- guitar
- ar
- turtle
- jar
- torch
- yarn
- unicorn
- dart
- flower
- er
- er
- circle
- unicorn
- car
- scarf
- torch
- tiger
- hammer
- ir
- popcorn
- paper
- ur
- third
- scarf
- or
- circle
- first
- turtle
- turkey
- thermometer
- fork
- ar
- ir
- ur
- turkey
- bird
- first
- fork
- ar
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