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) unicorn (b) first (c) car
- 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) tiger
- 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
- 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) first
- 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) burger
- 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) computer
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) paper
- 28.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) shark
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) flower
- 33.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) flower
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) ladder (c) purple
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) spider
- 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
Answer key
- car
- er
- tiger
- car
- or
- dart
- circus
- tiger
- fork
- turkey
- ir
- ar
- turtle
- paper
- shark
- ar
- ir
- ir
- ir
- dart
- unicorn
- or
- ir
- torch
- girl
- flower
- paper
- er
- girl
- popcorn
- butter
- third
- spider
- ur
- guitar
- circus
- fork
- scarf
- ar
- yarn
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