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.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
- 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 7.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) turkey
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) scarf
- 12.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 14.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) bird
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
- 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) fork
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) paper
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) fork
- 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) guitar
- 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) car
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) turtle
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) spider
- 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
- 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) tiger
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) girl
- 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 39.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- ir
- bird
- ur
- ar
- ladder
- turtle
- hammer
- ar
- bird
- ur
- third
- or
- ur
- ar
- butter
- guitar
- unicorn
- or
- fork
- shark
- yarn
- jar
- ladder
- ir
- girl
- turkey
- thermometer
- purple
- popcorn
- guitar
- computer
- popcorn
- car
- ar
- car
- or
- ir
- dart
- fork
- ar
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