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) popcorn (b) hammer (c) guitar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) burger (c) shark
- 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) paper
- 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) turtle
- 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) purple
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) torch
- 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) ladder
- 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) butter
- 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) spider
- 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
- 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 29.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) car (c) ladder
- 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) fork
- 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) thermometer
Answer key
- guitar
- shark
- ir
- hammer
- girl
- girl
- turtle
- turtle
- purple
- torch
- ar
- dart
- ar
- burger
- burger
- or
- butter
- guitar
- shark
- circle
- turkey
- corn
- unicorn
- ar
- ar
- ur
- ur
- ur
- er
- ladder
- bird
- ir
- ur
- star
- dart
- computer
- first
- or
- er
- circus
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