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) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) fork
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) star (c) bird
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 6.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) butter (c) turtle
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) turkey
- 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 15.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
- 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) burger
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) ladder
- 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
- 26.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) guitar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) girl
- 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) torch
- 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) corn
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) burger
- 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) circus
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) circle
- 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- turtle
- or
- burger
- bird
- burger
- dart
- ur
- butter
- third
- computer
- er
- ir
- unicorn
- guitar
- ar
- car
- ar
- or
- or
- car
- ar
- er
- shark
- ar
- hammer
- spider
- tiger
- girl
- third
- torch
- corn
- corn
- dart
- fork
- or
- tiger
- bird
- circus
- circle
- ir
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