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.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) tiger
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) unicorn
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) flower
- 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 11.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) torch
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) girl
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) torch
- 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
- 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) burger
- 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) circus
- 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) burger
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) yarn
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) purple
- 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) corn
- 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
- 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) burger (c) hammer
Answer key
- ar
- or
- girl
- popcorn
- unicorn
- or
- flower
- butter
- ar
- computer
- unicorn
- turkey
- spider
- ar
- burger
- scarf
- shark
- star
- ar
- turtle
- car
- ar
- circus
- ur
- ar
- er
- bird
- purple
- torch
- burger
- circle
- paper
- er
- fork
- turkey
- purple
- circle
- flower
- first
- first
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