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) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) fork
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) corn
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) circus
- 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
- 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 15.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) burger
- 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) bird
- 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) computer
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) dart
- 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 25.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) hammer (c) torch
- 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
- 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) shark
- 32.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 34.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 37.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) turtle
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
- 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
Answer key
- fork
- or
- ur
- fork
- guitar
- bird
- ur
- ir
- computer
- turtle
- ar
- or
- burger
- ir
- bird
- torch
- yarn
- er
- butter
- turkey
- ar
- computer
- dart
- butter
- or
- ir
- first
- torch
- corn
- ir
- shark
- paper
- ar
- hammer
- paper
- spider
- er
- spider
- star
- popcorn
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