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) star (b) tiger (c) fork
- 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) jar
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) popcorn
- 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) scarf
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) corn
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) tiger
- 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) first (c) burger
- 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) jar
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) dart
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) third
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) torch
- 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) circle
- 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) guitar
Answer key
- star
- ar
- corn
- turtle
- jar
- burger
- girl
- or
- circle
- ur
- scarf
- unicorn
- er
- first
- ar
- shark
- turkey
- bird
- ar
- popcorn
- shark
- tiger
- ur
- burger
- or
- bird
- ir
- er
- fork
- dart
- third
- paper
- er
- er
- torch
- guitar
- ar
- er
- purple
- turtle
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