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) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) fork
- 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) turkey
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) jar
- 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) turtle
- 9.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) star (c) popcorn
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) butter (c) yarn
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) fork
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) ladder
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) turtle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) jar
- 25.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) star
- 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
- 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) computer
- 35.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) car
- 39.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
Answer key
- computer
- spider
- jar
- turkey
- jar
- star
- ar
- shark
- er
- third
- ir
- circus
- butter
- turtle
- er
- ur
- car
- hammer
- girl
- tiger
- ar
- ir
- turtle
- first
- tiger
- paper
- popcorn
- ir
- er
- star
- yarn
- or
- ladder
- computer
- er
- turkey
- ar
- fork
- thermometer
- butter
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