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 has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) car (c) first
- 2.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) car
- 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) car (c) third
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) corn
- 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) flower
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) thermometer
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) turkey
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) car
- 24.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) computer
- 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
- 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) spider
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) hammer
- 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 37.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) star
- 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- butter
- ir
- ur
- ir
- popcorn
- or
- bird
- car
- corn
- ir
- computer
- or
- corn
- butter
- first
- or
- er
- shark
- unicorn
- thermometer
- turtle
- scarf
- fork
- star
- bird
- turkey
- jar
- ar
- turtle
- ar
- spider
- yarn
- er
- ur
- computer
- girl
- er
- ar
- purple
- ar
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