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.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 3.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) burger
- 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 8.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) thermometer
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) unicorn
- 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) computer
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) girl
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) purple
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) guitar
- 17.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) girl
- 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
- 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) purple
- 22.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) turkey
- 25.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) scarf
- 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) scarf
- 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circus (c) butter
- 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
- 37.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 39.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- ar
- girl
- er
- or
- turtle
- burger
- or
- er
- ur
- turkey
- turtle
- ir
- computer
- girl
- first
- unicorn
- circle
- yarn
- torch
- ar
- purple
- ar
- fork
- jar
- tiger
- or
- bird
- paper
- scarf
- shark
- torch
- ir
- circus
- car
- ar
- butter
- ar
- burger
- er
- or
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