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) thermometer (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 3.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) car
- 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 10.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) third
- 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) tiger
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) ladder
- 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) bird
- 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) corn
- 28.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) circus
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) car (c) bird
- 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
- 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) guitar
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) car (c) spider
Answer key
- yarn
- guitar
- ir
- fork
- ur
- corn
- er
- circus
- ar
- or
- ar
- shark
- or
- ar
- ur
- or
- burger
- fork
- turkey
- purple
- ar
- star
- yarn
- ladder
- er
- turtle
- bird
- thermometer
- unicorn
- third
- tiger
- first
- turtle
- flower
- thermometer
- paper
- shark
- popcorn
- guitar
- spider
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