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) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) spider
- 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) yarn
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) third
- 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) paper
- 16.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) purple
- 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) burger
- 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) scarf
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) fork
- 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) butter (c) shark
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) scarf
- 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 30.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) star (c) fork
- 32.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) unicorn
- 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
Answer key
- third
- turtle
- or
- first
- er
- ladder
- fork
- star
- purple
- ur
- yarn
- butter
- ir
- or
- turtle
- er
- computer
- ar
- circus
- scarf
- burger
- shark
- spider
- ar
- dart
- corn
- shark
- torch
- ur
- er
- fork
- ar
- ur
- burger
- ir
- ar
- or
- unicorn
- turkey
- computer
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