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) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) computer
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) paper
- 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 8.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 9.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) first
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) bird (c) turtle
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circle
- 13.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) shark
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) first
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circle
- 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) purple
- 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turtle
- 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) corn
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 39.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- burger
- turkey
- or
- car
- star
- paper
- yarn
- bird
- ir
- first
- turtle
- torch
- er
- ar
- turtle
- ur
- corn
- turkey
- ur
- scarf
- scarf
- jar
- fork
- burger
- dart
- ladder
- dart
- er
- ar
- or
- ar
- yarn
- tiger
- thermometer
- ar
- er
- corn
- popcorn
- hammer
- ar
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