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) cor (b) cir (c) car
- 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) fork
- 3.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
- 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 8.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) paper
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) torch
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) unicorn
- 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) shark
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) turtle
- 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) circle
- 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
- 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) torch
- 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) ladder
- 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
- 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
- 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
Answer key
- car
- bird
- er
- ur
- star
- guitar
- first
- computer
- popcorn
- purple
- computer
- scarf
- shark
- corn
- er
- purple
- circus
- burger
- shark
- or
- corn
- or
- turtle
- third
- unicorn
- ar
- ar
- turkey
- ir
- ir
- ir
- ar
- ur
- ladder
- dart
- popcorn
- ir
- ar
- circle
- tiger
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