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.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) computer
- 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) corn
- 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) turkey
- 8.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) shark
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) turtle
- 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 12.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) jar
- 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 15.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) circle
- 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) purple
- 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 27.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) spider
- 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) butter
- 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) girl
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) torch
- 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) purple
- 38.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 39.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
Answer key
- er
- computer
- guitar
- or
- ar
- hammer
- turkey
- er
- torch
- unicorn
- star
- tiger
- thermometer
- or
- ir
- ur
- ir
- third
- popcorn
- purple
- ur
- circle
- circus
- star
- ur
- popcorn
- ir
- dart
- fork
- butter
- er
- turtle
- girl
- shark
- shark
- spider
- corn
- er
- ladder
- corn
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