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) dart (b) paper (c) circle
- 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) guitar
- 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) computer
- 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) flower
- 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) turtle
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) jar
- 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) torch
- 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) scarf
- 25.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) purple
- 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) paper
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) dart
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) turtle
- 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) turkey
- 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) popcorn
Answer key
- dart
- ar
- ur
- ar
- guitar
- er
- ar
- computer
- ir
- dart
- ur
- flower
- corn
- circus
- spider
- or
- fork
- paper
- er
- ur
- torch
- turkey
- ir
- scarf
- ar
- purple
- er
- purple
- tiger
- torch
- shark
- tiger
- fork
- ar
- star
- turkey
- paper
- or
- first
- popcorn
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