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) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) jar
- 3.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) fork
- 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) circus
- 13.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
- 14.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) turkey
- 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) burger
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) circle
- 23.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
- 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) bird
- 32.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) third (c) corn
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) first (c) guitar
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) ladder
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) girl
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) shark (c) ladder
Answer key
- turtle
- torch
- ir
- ur
- fork
- purple
- computer
- or
- hammer
- unicorn
- ar
- circus
- popcorn
- ar
- er
- butter
- ir
- or
- ir
- ur
- fork
- circle
- first
- unicorn
- or
- or
- star
- dart
- torch
- purple
- scarf
- corn
- bird
- er
- flower
- corn
- guitar
- ladder
- car
- first
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