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) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) car (c) paper
- 3.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) computer
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) car (c) turtle
- 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) dart
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) fork
- 9.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 11.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) yarn
- 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) purple
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turkey
- 26.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
- 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 33.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 37.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 39.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
Answer key
- flower
- paper
- first
- computer
- circus
- ur
- butter
- fork
- ir
- torch
- er
- bird
- unicorn
- turtle
- scarf
- turkey
- bird
- popcorn
- or
- ar
- ar
- purple
- or
- fork
- turkey
- third
- or
- hammer
- unicorn
- or
- ar
- ar
- computer
- burger
- ur
- ur
- circle
- yarn
- er
- corn
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