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) popcorn (b) third (c) yarn
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circle
- 5.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
- 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 7.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) turkey
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 12.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) purple
- 14.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) spider
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) computer
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
- 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) thermometer
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) turkey
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 33.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) flower (c) shark
- 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
Answer key
- yarn
- or
- hammer
- circle
- jar
- fork
- dart
- ar
- torch
- bird
- turkey
- ar
- purple
- or
- ur
- star
- spider
- first
- ur
- turtle
- computer
- flower
- ladder
- ar
- er
- burger
- girl
- ur
- third
- thermometer
- fork
- tiger
- ir
- butter
- shark
- unicorn
- turkey
- er
- or
- or
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