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) tiger (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) circle
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) spider (c) first
- 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
- 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) unicorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) fork
- 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) hammer
- 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) fork
- 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 19.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) circle
- 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) car (c) turkey
- 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) hammer
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) butter (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) shark
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) corn
- 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) torch
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) purple
- 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
Answer key
- guitar
- computer
- circle
- or
- first
- jar
- yarn
- ar
- burger
- scarf
- tiger
- fork
- ir
- purple
- jar
- ar
- turkey
- ir
- er
- spider
- ir
- er
- car
- ar
- or
- or
- hammer
- butter
- fork
- third
- corn
- or
- third
- ar
- unicorn
- corn
- torch
- dart
- first
- circus
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