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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) third
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) hammer
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) dart
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) circus
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 8.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) computer
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) circle
- 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) fork (c) burger
- 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) jar
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) spider
- 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 24.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) car (c) purple
- 26.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) fork
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) turtle
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) tiger
- 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) thermometer
- 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) flower
- 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) hammer
- 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- ar
- guitar
- corn
- scarf
- dart
- purple
- ar
- er
- ar
- ur
- shark
- circle
- torch
- third
- ar
- butter
- jar
- girl
- unicorn
- spider
- car
- or
- dart
- er
- car
- scarf
- paper
- er
- bird
- turkey
- shark
- popcorn
- turtle
- fork
- or
- thermometer
- yarn
- bird
- hammer
- ir
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