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) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 2.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) fork
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) computer
- 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) turtle
- 8.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) girl
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) turkey
- 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) burger
- 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
- 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) bird
- 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) circle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turkey
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) corn
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 28.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) turkey
- 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) fork
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) star (c) girl
- 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 38.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) hammer
Answer key
- turtle
- er
- fork
- turkey
- corn
- guitar
- star
- ir
- butter
- ur
- girl
- hammer
- ar
- car
- popcorn
- first
- dart
- ur
- bird
- yarn
- er
- popcorn
- dart
- corn
- thermometer
- flower
- jar
- spider
- ladder
- ir
- shark
- paper
- ladder
- torch
- circus
- ur
- purple
- ar
- or
- circus
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