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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) burger
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) jar
- 7.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) spider
- 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) yarn
- 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
- 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) first
- 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
- 17.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) shark
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) butter
- 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
- 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
- 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) jar
- 28.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) dart
- 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) flower
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) popcorn
- 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
- 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- ur
- er
- bird
- ir
- turtle
- purple
- flower
- fork
- first
- torch
- ar
- guitar
- scarf
- ar
- first
- shark
- hammer
- corn
- corn
- butter
- paper
- ur
- bird
- third
- dart
- or
- burger
- ar
- popcorn
- ar
- burger
- purple
- unicorn
- jar
- yarn
- or
- ladder
- ir
- popcorn
- ar
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