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) dart (b) corn (c) spider
- 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) computer
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) corn
- 6.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
- 7.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) burger
- 9.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 12.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 14.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 16.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) purple (c) guitar
- 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) fork
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) scarf
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) circle
- 24.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) star
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) guitar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) tiger
- 32.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 35.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 37.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) fork
- 39.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
Answer key
- dart
- ir
- er
- computer
- burger
- corn
- ir
- jar
- er
- bird
- computer
- hammer
- or
- ir
- popcorn
- tiger
- purple
- unicorn
- ur
- butter
- hammer
- ur
- circle
- first
- ar
- ladder
- or
- ar
- third
- guitar
- star
- ar
- turtle
- shark
- ladder
- turkey
- guitar
- fork
- er
- girl
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