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) corn (b) car (c) thermometer
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) circle
- 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 8.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) torch
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) star (c) thermometer
- 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) corn
- 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 14.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) fork
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turtle
- 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) bird
- 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) first
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) unicorn
- 28.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) guitar
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) corn
- 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) bird
- 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) purple
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) butter
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- car
- star
- burger
- circle
- ur
- or
- er
- ir
- torch
- thermometer
- corn
- turtle
- fork
- er
- computer
- butter
- dart
- or
- ar
- dart
- shark
- er
- ur
- er
- shark
- first
- unicorn
- third
- guitar
- corn
- guitar
- yarn
- ir
- purple
- girl
- or
- tiger
- tiger
- first
- ar
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