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) spider (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) jar
- 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) turkey
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) purple
- 13.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) turtle
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) butter
- 18.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) popcorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) fork
- 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) first (c) turtle
- 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) first (c) computer
- 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) computer
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) bird
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) third
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) third (c) flower
- 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
- 39.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) turtle
Answer key
- yarn
- butter
- corn
- star
- turkey
- or
- fork
- tiger
- ur
- dart
- turtle
- spider
- er
- third
- bird
- ur
- jar
- ar
- purple
- fork
- ir
- ir
- ir
- shark
- ur
- or
- first
- hammer
- computer
- turtle
- ladder
- torch
- dart
- burger
- star
- circus
- er
- car
- jar
- car
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