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) computer (c) computar
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) popcorn
- 3.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) burger
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) bird
- 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
- 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) tiger
- 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 15.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 16.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) butter
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) flower
- 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
- 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
- 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 24.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) guitar
- 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) unicorn
- 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) turtle
- 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) third
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) girl
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) unicorn
- 40.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- computer
- popcorn
- er
- burger
- burger
- turtle
- or
- yarn
- or
- dart
- girl
- circle
- circle
- butter
- bird
- er
- turtle
- flower
- star
- ir
- er
- corn
- ar
- first
- bird
- tiger
- unicorn
- ar
- unicorn
- car
- girl
- ar
- ladder
- guitar
- ar
- flower
- third
- shark
- tiger
- ur
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