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) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 2.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) dart
- 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 6.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) third
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) turtle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) computer
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) butter (c) torch
- 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) car
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) corn
- 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) purple
- 17.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) yarn
- 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 25.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) turkey
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) car (c) unicorn
- 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) turkey
- 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) girl
- 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 36.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- turtle
- er
- fork
- paper
- third
- ar
- butter
- turkey
- spider
- turtle
- first
- ir
- bird
- corn
- ir
- flower
- or
- yarn
- ur
- or
- girl
- computer
- ir
- ar
- ir
- guitar
- ar
- or
- star
- unicorn
- bird
- turkey
- fork
- girl
- circle
- ladder
- burger
- or
- ar
- ir
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