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) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) unicorn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) jar
- 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) corn (c) car
- 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) circus
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) ladder
- 11.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) computer
- 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) paper
- 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) car
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
- 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 21.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) guitar
- 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) bird
- 28.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
- 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) burger
- 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) flower
- 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) dart (c) ladder
- 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- turkey
- computer
- unicorn
- jar
- bird
- corn
- paper
- fork
- star
- turtle
- er
- computer
- er
- er
- star
- paper
- car
- girl
- unicorn
- burger
- er
- ir
- ar
- butter
- corn
- turtle
- bird
- popcorn
- scarf
- burger
- ar
- hammer
- ar
- purple
- ur
- yarn
- dart
- or
- ladder
- or
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