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) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 6.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) torch
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) first
- 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
- 11.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 12.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) fork
- 16.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) purple
- 19.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 20.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 23.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 24.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 25.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) purple
- 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) spider
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) star
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) torch (c) star
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) star
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) guitar
- 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 38.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
Answer key
- bird
- or
- computer
- star
- circus
- er
- popcorn
- turkey
- first
- shark
- ir
- first
- ar
- turkey
- fork
- er
- ladder
- jar
- turtle
- er
- er
- third
- or
- er
- ir
- or
- ur
- tiger
- ar
- spider
- thermometer
- shark
- third
- corn
- hammer
- circle
- yarn
- ar
- ur
- spider
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