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) turkey (c) third
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 6.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) third
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
- 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circus
- 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 13.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) first (c) thermometer
- 15.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) flower
- 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) first
- 25.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) corn
- 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) third
- 33.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 39.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) third (c) yarn
Answer key
- car
- purple
- turtle
- burger
- ar
- flower
- third
- dart
- unicorn
- star
- turtle
- scarf
- er
- thermometer
- er
- er
- or
- ur
- popcorn
- computer
- unicorn
- fork
- girl
- first
- spider
- ar
- ir
- ladder
- corn
- first
- or
- fork
- circle
- ur
- bird
- ur
- turkey
- hammer
- ar
- yarn
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