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) corn (b) star (c) third
- 2.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) shark
- 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) ladder (c) circle
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) flower
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) yarn
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) third (c) tiger
- 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) burger (c) bird
- 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) fork
- 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) shark
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) yarn
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) circus
- 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) circus
- 30.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) girl
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) third (c) purple
- 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) burger
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) spider
- 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
Answer key
- star
- jar
- or
- girl
- car
- butter
- or
- star
- ur
- jar
- flower
- corn
- or
- ar
- ar
- purple
- turkey
- third
- turkey
- third
- burger
- ir
- ladder
- ur
- corn
- popcorn
- torch
- or
- circus
- er
- er
- girl
- purple
- ir
- torch
- circle
- dart
- fork
- spider
- ar
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