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) fork (b) circle (c) scarf
- 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 3.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 9.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) third
- 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) ladder
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) star (c) burger
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) flower
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) third
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) shark
- 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 19.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 20.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 21.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 22.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) guitar
- 24.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) guitar
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) jar
- 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) burger
- 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) burger
- 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
- 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) bird
- 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- scarf
- purple
- ir
- girl
- turtle
- burger
- ur
- tiger
- paper
- butter
- or
- yarn
- circle
- dart
- corn
- jar
- shark
- fork
- ar
- er
- hammer
- thermometer
- guitar
- ir
- turtle
- ur
- fork
- unicorn
- torch
- er
- torch
- turkey
- circus
- yarn
- burger
- scarf
- first
- bird
- or
- or
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