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) tiger (b) jar (c) purple
- 2.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) turtle
- 6.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) butter
- 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circle
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) burger
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) corn
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) dart
- 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) scarf
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) fork
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) third
- 18.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) fork
- 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
- 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 25.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
- 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) dart (c) turtle
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) third (c) popcorn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) car
- 39.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- jar
- ir
- ar
- ar
- turtle
- ir
- first
- torch
- shark
- unicorn
- burger
- purple
- flower
- fork
- scarf
- paper
- third
- ir
- first
- fork
- dart
- corn
- ar
- circle
- third
- ur
- bird
- purple
- ur
- circus
- shark
- unicorn
- dart
- guitar
- or
- paper
- popcorn
- car
- er
- ur
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