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) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) turkey
- 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) fork
- 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) spider (c) corn
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
- 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) star
- 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) turtle
- 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) burger
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) scarf
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) first (c) ladder
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) car
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) circus
- 28.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
- 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) corn
- 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) circus
- 36.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) star
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
Answer key
- girl
- computer
- tiger
- flower
- fork
- turkey
- corn
- or
- er
- popcorn
- paper
- star
- corn
- butter
- star
- bird
- first
- bird
- ar
- burger
- circle
- spider
- scarf
- turtle
- purple
- car
- circus
- fork
- ur
- ir
- er
- ir
- guitar
- popcorn
- computer
- ar
- girl
- or
- ar
- car
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