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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) torch
- 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
- 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 10.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) corn
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) torch
- 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) car
- 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) bird
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) star
- 23.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) burger
- 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) turtle
- 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) fork
- 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) torch
- 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) car
- 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) star
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) paper (c) turtle
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
Answer key
- er
- ur
- turkey
- star
- ar
- jar
- turtle
- fork
- purple
- er
- corn
- tiger
- third
- ar
- torch
- burger
- ir
- ur
- flower
- or
- bird
- star
- circle
- circus
- er
- girl
- or
- computer
- fork
- ar
- shark
- car
- torch
- ar
- or
- car
- er
- turkey
- paper
- unicorn
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