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) purple (b) yarn (c) unicorn
- 2.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) circus
- 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) computer
- 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) turtle
- 12.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) torch (c) ladder
- 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 18.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) car
- 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) ladder
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) butter
- 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) car (c) fork
- 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) circle
- 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) corn
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) circus
- 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) star (c) turkey
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) computer (c) star
- 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) turkey
- 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) star
- 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
Answer key
- yarn
- third
- unicorn
- ur
- computer
- unicorn
- guitar
- circus
- ar
- hammer
- tiger
- ir
- turtle
- torch
- car
- ar
- first
- er
- paper
- computer
- car
- butter
- ur
- ir
- dart
- fork
- or
- circle
- bird
- bird
- spider
- ur
- turkey
- first
- torch
- er
- shark
- or
- star
- burger
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