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) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 2.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) popcorn
- 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
- 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) third
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) torch
- 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) fork
- 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
- 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) burger
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) circle
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 26.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) turtle
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) torch
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) unicorn
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) butter
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) burger
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) star (c) paper
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) purple
- 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
Answer key
- guitar
- er
- car
- ur
- scarf
- fork
- or
- ir
- purple
- bird
- corn
- ar
- purple
- ladder
- or
- burger
- or
- turkey
- yarn
- er
- ar
- ar
- jar
- circle
- ladder
- third
- bird
- yarn
- hammer
- torch
- unicorn
- ur
- butter
- dart
- first
- star
- paper
- guitar
- turtle
- burger
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