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) purple (b) yarn (c) fork
- 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) burger
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) torch
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
- 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 15.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) bird
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) turkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 21.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) purple
- 23.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) jar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) corn
- 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) first
- 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
Answer key
- yarn
- circle
- jar
- ar
- fork
- star
- ar
- ar
- car
- turkey
- popcorn
- turkey
- corn
- spider
- er
- turtle
- ladder
- unicorn
- or
- ur
- er
- purple
- er
- paper
- ir
- ar
- er
- ur
- hammer
- yarn
- girl
- shark
- ar
- or
- burger
- first
- shark
- ir
- er
- circus
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