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) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) fork
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) star
- 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) butter
- 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
- 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) turtle
- 10.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) computer
- 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) star
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) first
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) flower
- 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 22.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) flower
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) paper
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) circle
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) flower
- 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) third
- 33.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 39.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
Answer key
- computer
- hammer
- bird
- or
- burger
- fork
- jar
- popcorn
- turtle
- er
- or
- flower
- popcorn
- computer
- ur
- burger
- purple
- star
- thermometer
- flower
- ladder
- ar
- spider
- corn
- shark
- guitar
- scarf
- torch
- tiger
- turkey
- ir
- fork
- circle
- ar
- ar
- ar
- first
- ur
- yarn
- circus
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