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) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
- 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) turkey
- 4.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
- 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) fork
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) hammer
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) purple
- 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) girl (c) torch
- 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) yarn
- 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) girl
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) dart
- 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) first
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) bird
- 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) dart
- 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) flower
- 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) fork
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 38.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) turkey
- 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
Answer key
- dart
- turkey
- turkey
- butter
- circus
- computer
- jar
- fork
- tiger
- bird
- hammer
- flower
- car
- spider
- yarn
- shark
- girl
- purple
- ar
- or
- popcorn
- turtle
- star
- computer
- burger
- turtle
- ir
- ar
- torch
- unicorn
- ar
- scarf
- third
- ar
- ar
- circle
- yarn
- er
- unicorn
- ir
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