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) computer (b) car (c) turkey
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) ladder
- 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 4.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) burger
- 6.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) star (c) corn
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 13.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) star
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) jar
- 18.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
- 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 32.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) unicorn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) yarn
- 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) computer
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) first (c) fork
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) flower (c) car
- 40.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
Answer key
- turkey
- ladder
- girl
- er
- circle
- ar
- ar
- ur
- corn
- yarn
- er
- tiger
- ar
- ar
- ur
- girl
- jar
- scarf
- circus
- ir
- computer
- ir
- or
- burger
- first
- circle
- ir
- ur
- er
- ir
- third
- ir
- unicorn
- purple
- butter
- computer
- first
- or
- flower
- turtle
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