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) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 3.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 5.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
- 7.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) turtle
- 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) fork
- 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) flower
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) fork
- 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) turkey
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) fork (c) purple
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) dart
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) tiger
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 25.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) turkey
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) paper
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) scarf
- 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) bird
- 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) car
- 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) car (c) third
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) corn
- 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) first
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
Answer key
- turtle
- ladder
- er
- girl
- ir
- star
- er
- dart
- burger
- fork
- ur
- corn
- popcorn
- butter
- or
- yarn
- guitar
- purple
- torch
- or
- er
- turkey
- third
- third
- ar
- turkey
- girl
- burger
- car
- bird
- butter
- computer
- tiger
- car
- paper
- fork
- torch
- ur
- first
- popcorn
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