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) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
- 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) fork
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) ladder
- 9.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) bird
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) first
- 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) third
- 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
- 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) jar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) circle
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) third (c) ladder
- 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) circus (c) computer
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) circle
- 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) burger
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
Answer key
- guitar
- ur
- fork
- or
- er
- yarn
- ar
- turkey
- jar
- bird
- first
- purple
- ir
- corn
- popcorn
- flower
- spider
- or
- purple
- circle
- fork
- jar
- popcorn
- tiger
- unicorn
- ir
- shark
- or
- ur
- ar
- ur
- er
- dart
- computer
- circle
- ar
- circus
- computer
- burger
- tiger
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