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) car (b) fork (c) first
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) corn
- 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) turtle
- 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 10.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) burger (c) circus
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) bird
- 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) corn
- 18.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) jar (c) burger
- 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) shark
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) scarf
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) purple
- 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) torch
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) third (c) unicorn
- 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) circle
- 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) yarn
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) thermometer
- 38.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) hammer
- 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- car
- jar
- ar
- third
- unicorn
- computer
- ir
- turtle
- circle
- ir
- er
- ur
- circus
- purple
- or
- ur
- corn
- burger
- first
- turkey
- yarn
- shark
- scarf
- ar
- ladder
- thermometer
- ur
- tiger
- unicorn
- popcorn
- fork
- ar
- torch
- computer
- purple
- butter
- fork
- er
- girl
- ir
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