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) yarn (b) thermometer (c) circle
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) fork (c) hammer
- 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) thermometer
- 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) torch
- 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) fork
- 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) first (c) flower
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) ladder
- 28.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 29.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) thermometer
- 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) circle
- 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) circle
- 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
Answer key
- yarn
- hammer
- guitar
- torch
- burger
- or
- ir
- ar
- circle
- computer
- ar
- ur
- unicorn
- purple
- fork
- star
- turkey
- ur
- spider
- torch
- or
- bird
- ar
- star
- ladder
- flower
- ladder
- fork
- girl
- ar
- turtle
- car
- paper
- tiger
- circus
- ar
- ar
- scarf
- scarf
- flower
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