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) computar (b) computor (c) computer
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) circle
- 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 7.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) torch
- 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 10.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 13.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) jar
- 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 18.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) turkey
- 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) turtle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) purple
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) ladder
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) car
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) guitar
- 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) torch
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) star (c) corn
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) circus
- 36.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) bird
- 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) thermometer
Answer key
- computer
- burger
- circle
- ur
- ar
- ur
- dart
- torch
- thermometer
- ladder
- er
- fork
- er
- tiger
- turkey
- or
- ar
- er
- ur
- flower
- ur
- turtle
- purple
- scarf
- corn
- or
- paper
- star
- thermometer
- ladder
- turtle
- shark
- er
- bird
- circus
- jar
- bird
- dart
- first
- fork
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