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 has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) computer (c) star
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) fork
- 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 4.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) circus
- 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) third (c) burger
- 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
- 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) torch
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) circus
- 16.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) circle
- 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) circle
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) dart
- 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) torch (c) guitar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) jar
- 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) corn
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) flower
- 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
- 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) circle
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) burger
- 37.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 39.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
Answer key
- star
- fork
- popcorn
- er
- turkey
- ur
- circus
- spider
- ir
- third
- paper
- ar
- spider
- torch
- ladder
- er
- ir
- burger
- or
- corn
- turtle
- purple
- tiger
- or
- guitar
- jar
- corn
- flower
- ar
- guitar
- ar
- circle
- popcorn
- star
- butter
- yarn
- ladder
- butter
- computer
- girl
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