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 has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) torch
- 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) yarn
- 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) star
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) hammer
- 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turkey
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) purple
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) butter
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) unicorn
- 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) torch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) fork
- 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) first
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) car
- 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) first
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) turtle
- 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) turtle
- 32.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) fork (c) scarf
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) burger
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
Answer key
- purple
- computer
- yarn
- ir
- star
- hammer
- ar
- ur
- corn
- circle
- burger
- butter
- bird
- ur
- torch
- circus
- corn
- girl
- unicorn
- computer
- or
- car
- ar
- turtle
- or
- first
- bird
- turtle
- ir
- popcorn
- spider
- scarf
- purple
- shark
- ur
- er
- scarf
- burger
- or
- ir
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