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) butter (b) shark (c) corn
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) scarf
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) car
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) corn
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) purple
- 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) turkey
- 13.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) third
- 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) turtle
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 22.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
- 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) car
- 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
- 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circle
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) guitar
- 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
Answer key
- shark
- scarf
- car
- bird
- fork
- purple
- circus
- paper
- ar
- ar
- or
- dart
- ar
- girl
- ir
- burger
- turkey
- ur
- ur
- turtle
- popcorn
- star
- corn
- er
- dart
- corn
- or
- ir
- yarn
- er
- yarn
- popcorn
- first
- ladder
- jar
- burger
- tiger
- circus
- third
- tiger
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