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) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 3.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) dart
- 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) scarf
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 10.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) circle
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) purple
- 20.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) purple
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) thermometer
- 26.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) car (c) turkey
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) torch
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
Answer key
- computer
- ur
- ir
- first
- third
- jar
- butter
- or
- tiger
- thermometer
- circle
- ur
- purple
- turtle
- or
- er
- dart
- circle
- guitar
- ir
- ur
- er
- paper
- computer
- girl
- ar
- er
- ir
- fork
- car
- burger
- ur
- turkey
- unicorn
- butter
- car
- bird
- ar
- popcorn
- turkey
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