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) dart (b) third (c) turkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) flower
- 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) star (c) ladder
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) third (c) burger
- 10.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 12.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) hammer
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) bird (c) flower
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) shark
- 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) jar (c) tiger
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) scarf
- 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) purple (c) hammer
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) yarn
- 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 32.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 36.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) first
- 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
Answer key
- dart
- unicorn
- flower
- girl
- ar
- torch
- or
- ladder
- burger
- ar
- turtle
- er
- flower
- circle
- ar
- ir
- burger
- circus
- bird
- shark
- ir
- tiger
- third
- paper
- guitar
- girl
- or
- hammer
- turtle
- or
- computer
- ir
- er
- ur
- corn
- hammer
- scarf
- first
- er
- third
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