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 “er”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) tiger
- 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) dart
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) first
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) fork
- 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) scarf
- 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) star (c) unicorn
- 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) jar (c) turtle
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) torch
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) car
- 22.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) corn
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 26.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) shark
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) thermometer
- 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) spider
- 35.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) turtle
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) thermometer
- 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
Answer key
- tiger
- bird
- or
- dart
- first
- fork
- butter
- torch
- circle
- ar
- yarn
- unicorn
- purple
- computer
- ir
- ar
- ar
- jar
- guitar
- or
- car
- unicorn
- turtle
- burger
- star
- ar
- ur
- shark
- third
- circus
- ir
- girl
- ar
- corn
- er
- scarf
- ar
- circus
- yarn
- first
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