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 “er”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) purple
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) yarn
- 3.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) girl
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) computer
- 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) corn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) star
- 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) third
- 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) computer (c) turkey
- 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) purple
- 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) third (c) torch
- 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) first
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) butter
- 31.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 33.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) spider
- 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) girl
Answer key
- ladder
- yarn
- ar
- or
- burger
- girl
- computer
- ir
- scarf
- corn
- star
- ir
- hammer
- turtle
- spider
- turkey
- er
- ladder
- or
- ar
- flower
- er
- torch
- computer
- corn
- flower
- first
- first
- ur
- popcorn
- girl
- turkey
- er
- purple
- ar
- er
- ir
- or
- ur
- turtle
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