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) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) car (c) flower
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) star (c) computer
- 5.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 6.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) ladder (c) unicorn
- 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) corn
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) spider
- 13.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 18.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) ladder
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) paper
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) star
- 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) car
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) paper
- 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) dart
- 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 37.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 38.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) hammer
- 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) corn
Answer key
- dart
- purple
- girl
- computer
- paper
- er
- unicorn
- ar
- scarf
- ur
- turkey
- spider
- computer
- ur
- or
- ir
- flower
- er
- jar
- ur
- circus
- turtle
- bird
- star
- ir
- ladder
- ar
- tiger
- car
- yarn
- paper
- burger
- ar
- dart
- ar
- or
- fork
- ir
- hammer
- tiger
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