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) bird (b) thermometer (c) guitar
- 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) yarn
- 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) girl
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) corn
- 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) girl
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) purple
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) jar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) flower
- 19.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) turkey
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) girl
- 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) circus
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) tiger
- 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) torch
- 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) fork
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
Answer key
- guitar
- first
- purple
- yarn
- bird
- computer
- turkey
- corn
- ar
- jar
- circle
- circle
- er
- er
- tiger
- unicorn
- jar
- flower
- third
- ar
- girl
- ur
- dart
- girl
- ar
- or
- er
- shark
- circus
- popcorn
- ir
- or
- guitar
- ar
- scarf
- ar
- ir
- tiger
- fork
- popcorn
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