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) computar (c) computor
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) dart
- 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) corn (c) yarn
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) star (c) third
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) circus
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) third
- 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) hammer
- 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) fork
- 14.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
- 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 18.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) burger
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) scarf
- 21.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) flower
- 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) circus
- 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) turtle
- 29.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) corn
- 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) butter
- 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
- 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) purple
- 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
Answer key
- computer
- spider
- turkey
- yarn
- third
- circus
- car
- guitar
- hammer
- yarn
- er
- turtle
- girl
- jar
- or
- ar
- ur
- hammer
- torch
- scarf
- butter
- fork
- ir
- fork
- ur
- butter
- or
- unicorn
- er
- car
- corn
- er
- turkey
- girl
- or
- popcorn
- dart
- popcorn
- burger
- tiger
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