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) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) corn
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) unicorn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) yarn
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 7.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) jar
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 10.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) guitar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) first (c) jar
- 14.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) purple
- 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) thermometer
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) purple
- 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) circle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) turkey
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) girl
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 31.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) third
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) star
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- girl
- guitar
- car
- yarn
- ar
- burger
- ladder
- jar
- tiger
- popcorn
- hammer
- third
- burger
- or
- star
- dart
- er
- ur
- thermometer
- torch
- fork
- jar
- bird
- ir
- er
- circle
- scarf
- paper
- girl
- shark
- dart
- or
- circus
- ir
- ir
- car
- fork
- hammer
- butter
- ar
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