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) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) corn
- 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 5.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) purple
- 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) turkey
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) purple
- 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) bird
- 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) circus
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) bird
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) girl
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) purple
- 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
- 27.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) spider
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) star (c) popcorn
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) dart
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) star
- 35.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) butter
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) first (c) guitar
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
Answer key
- star
- ur
- scarf
- ur
- er
- hammer
- guitar
- circle
- ir
- tiger
- ar
- bird
- car
- circus
- burger
- or
- turtle
- corn
- or
- ir
- first
- computer
- er
- purple
- torch
- shark
- ar
- ur
- shark
- turtle
- circle
- first
- unicorn
- fork
- ir
- torch
- butter
- scarf
- guitar
- third
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