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) burger (b) yarn (c) fork
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) unicorn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) shark (c) hammer
- 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) circle
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) girl
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) girl
- 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) turtle
- 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) thermometer
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) dart
- 21.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) car
- 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) girl
- 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) ladder
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) girl
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) thermometer
- 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) guitar
- 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- yarn
- jar
- shark
- torch
- car
- ur
- ar
- butter
- circle
- ur
- girl
- burger
- yarn
- paper
- shark
- turtle
- unicorn
- ur
- turkey
- dart
- er
- or
- ir
- car
- bird
- fork
- ir
- unicorn
- turtle
- purple
- burger
- third
- third
- flower
- circus
- hammer
- bird
- computer
- purple
- er
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