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) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 5.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) computer
- 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) corn
- 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) torch (c) car
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) bird
- 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) dart
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) star
- 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) first (c) unicorn
- 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) bird
- 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
- 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
- 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) circle
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) fork (c) star
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) circus
- 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) paper (c) turtle
Answer key
- tiger
- or
- computer
- ar
- paper
- purple
- computer
- circus
- ar
- ir
- ur
- car
- corn
- first
- popcorn
- guitar
- torch
- butter
- turkey
- ur
- unicorn
- third
- bird
- ar
- flower
- or
- purple
- yarn
- or
- spider
- er
- fork
- torch
- burger
- circle
- star
- guitar
- circus
- ir
- turtle
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