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 “ar”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) car
- 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) butter
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 7.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) purple
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) third
- 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) shark
- 12.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) dart (c) purple
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) corn
- 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 27.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) girl
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) tiger
- 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) turkey
- 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) bird
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) turtle
- 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) ladder
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) spider (c) purple
Answer key
- computer
- car
- ur
- ir
- circus
- popcorn
- ar
- purple
- turkey
- bird
- unicorn
- er
- unicorn
- ir
- corn
- first
- fork
- hammer
- dart
- or
- ar
- er
- ur
- ur
- popcorn
- burger
- shark
- guitar
- girl
- turtle
- fork
- purple
- ar
- guitar
- er
- burger
- turtle
- er
- ladder
- third
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