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 “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) computer
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) jar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) fork
- 4.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) star (c) burger
- 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) torch
- 10.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) scarf
- 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) thermometer
- 13.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) purple
- 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) popcorn
- 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) third
- 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) corn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) purple
- 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) turtle
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
Answer key
- first
- jar
- fork
- ar
- torch
- star
- ar
- circle
- guitar
- spider
- thermometer
- burger
- er
- ar
- dart
- burger
- third
- car
- or
- torch
- ur
- shark
- popcorn
- yarn
- third
- purple
- tiger
- ar
- turkey
- ur
- hammer
- computer
- corn
- car
- or
- or
- turtle
- ir
- ir
- corn
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