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) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) turtle
- 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) first (c) turtle
- 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 16.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
- 17.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) yarn
- 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) car
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) first
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) purple
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circle (c) guitar
- 26.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) scarf
- 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) car
Answer key
- hammer
- turtle
- ar
- turtle
- ar
- ir
- er
- star
- guitar
- turkey
- ir
- bird
- ar
- tiger
- car
- dart
- butter
- yarn
- circus
- bird
- corn
- circle
- burger
- dart
- spider
- ir
- ar
- popcorn
- ir
- yarn
- unicorn
- scarf
- ur
- er
- popcorn
- torch
- er
- ur
- spider
- car
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