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) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) jar
- 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 5.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) burger
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 16.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 23.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) computer
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) bird
- 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
- 32.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) paper
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) bird
- 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
Answer key
- thermometer
- ladder
- jar
- turtle
- er
- or
- ur
- yarn
- unicorn
- shark
- ir
- er
- ur
- torch
- yarn
- er
- or
- ar
- torch
- ir
- bird
- scarf
- ar
- or
- ar
- car
- dart
- paper
- bird
- corn
- fork
- circle
- er
- er
- burger
- or
- paper
- unicorn
- girl
- first
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