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 is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 2.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) paper
- 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) computer
- 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) jar
- 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) star
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) jar
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) dart
- 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) first
- 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) shark
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) hammer
- 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) bird
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
Answer key
- ladder
- star
- fork
- paper
- computer
- ar
- or
- popcorn
- ur
- hammer
- butter
- turkey
- turkey
- unicorn
- turtle
- ar
- ir
- fork
- or
- ir
- car
- guitar
- computer
- er
- ur
- shark
- purple
- or
- er
- third
- turtle
- guitar
- or
- er
- first
- ur
- torch
- flower
- bird
- popcorn
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