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) hammer (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) yarn
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) tiger
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) turkey
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) jar
- 6.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) scarf
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) yarn
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) flower
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) butter
- 19.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) guitar
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) first (c) jar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) popcorn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) star
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) burger
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) girl
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
- 39.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- guitar
- yarn
- tiger
- corn
- jar
- ir
- ir
- turkey
- or
- paper
- corn
- girl
- unicorn
- turtle
- ur
- purple
- fork
- circus
- ir
- popcorn
- spider
- turtle
- ir
- ar
- or
- butter
- flower
- star
- burger
- unicorn
- burger
- circus
- ar
- turkey
- bird
- hammer
- circle
- shark
- er
- ar
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