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) scarf (b) paper (c) purple
- 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) butter
- 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) corn
- 8.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) turtle
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) car (c) unicorn
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) scarf
- 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 16.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) corn
- 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) computer
- 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) torch
- 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) torch
- 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) third
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) circus
- 32.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) first
- 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 36.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) purple
Answer key
- scarf
- ur
- shark
- circle
- popcorn
- or
- bird
- hammer
- tiger
- ur
- turtle
- girl
- turkey
- corn
- ar
- scarf
- hammer
- or
- ir
- computer
- turkey
- torch
- burger
- ar
- girl
- shark
- er
- ur
- yarn
- third
- jar
- er
- ir
- first
- purple
- ar
- torch
- dart
- ir
- purple
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