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) girl (b) car (c) corn
- 2.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) circus
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) purple
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) computer
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) flower (c) turtle
- 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) dart
- 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) paper
- 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) scarf
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) burger
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) guitar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) fork
- 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) paper
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) hammer
- 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 30.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) torch
- 32.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 36.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) first
Answer key
- car
- dart
- or
- circus
- purple
- burger
- turtle
- scarf
- butter
- yarn
- paper
- ir
- dart
- turtle
- shark
- car
- scarf
- third
- or
- flower
- popcorn
- fork
- tiger
- purple
- corn
- corn
- unicorn
- ur
- star
- ir
- turkey
- er
- ur
- spider
- circle
- thermometer
- hammer
- guitar
- circus
- thermometer
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