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 “ur”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) popcorn (c) third
- 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) flower
- 6.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) dart
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) turtle
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) circle
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) star (c) first
- 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) hammer
- 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
- 26.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) paper
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
- 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) torch (c) yarn
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) turkey
- 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) yarn
- 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
Answer key
- turtle
- third
- or
- or
- first
- flower
- turkey
- dart
- scarf
- computer
- guitar
- bird
- burger
- turtle
- ar
- star
- paper
- or
- dart
- or
- ur
- corn
- hammer
- ir
- star
- er
- ir
- paper
- thermometer
- ur
- yarn
- turkey
- bird
- ar
- ur
- ir
- or
- fork
- fork
- ir
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