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) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 2.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 5.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) bird
- 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) bird
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) star (c) tiger
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) girl
- 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 15.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) dart
- 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 21.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) tiger
- 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 31.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) star
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) first
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) computer (c) circus
- 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) turtle
- 40.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
Answer key
- turtle
- ir
- er
- popcorn
- er
- car
- er
- car
- purple
- circus
- bird
- star
- purple
- dart
- ar
- ar
- or
- butter
- turkey
- girl
- ir
- fork
- yarn
- ar
- or
- paper
- tiger
- er
- ar
- bird
- ar
- ur
- circus
- first
- computer
- or
- ir
- er
- girl
- thermometer
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