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) purple (b) paper (c) jar
- 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) torch
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) first
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) spider
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) dart
- 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) girl
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) torch
- 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) first
- 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) scarf
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) guitar
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) burger
- 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) flower
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) turtle
- 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 28.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) scarf
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) circus
- 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) yarn
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
Answer key
- jar
- or
- scarf
- first
- popcorn
- fork
- er
- hammer
- shark
- shark
- er
- ur
- jar
- ar
- girl
- turtle
- er
- computer
- purple
- corn
- burger
- ar
- ir
- star
- thermometer
- girl
- star
- circus
- turkey
- ar
- tiger
- circus
- purple
- circle
- dart
- car
- spider
- turkey
- yarn
- unicorn
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