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 is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) jar
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) burger
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) fork
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) car
- 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) purple
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 10.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) spider
- 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) purple
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) purple
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) car (c) fork
- 19.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) circus
- 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) star
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) purple
- 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
- 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) paper
- 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) circle
- 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- turkey
- jar
- burger
- dart
- circle
- car
- ar
- purple
- bird
- er
- tiger
- jar
- car
- turkey
- ar
- hammer
- computer
- fork
- ladder
- spider
- or
- star
- circus
- ar
- yarn
- ir
- or
- unicorn
- ir
- popcorn
- paper
- torch
- first
- fork
- popcorn
- er
- ir
- hammer
- or
- ar
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