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.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) car (c) flower
- 2.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) shark
- 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
- 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) third
- 11.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) computer
- 17.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
- 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) star
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) fork
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) third
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) first (c) guitar
- 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) star
- 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) bird
- 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) star (c) popcorn
- 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) turkey
- 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) fork
Answer key
- flower
- er
- ur
- guitar
- ladder
- shark
- bird
- ar
- or
- butter
- turkey
- ar
- ir
- ur
- er
- corn
- yarn
- ar
- ir
- butter
- circle
- fork
- third
- purple
- shark
- star
- er
- burger
- bird
- ar
- popcorn
- circus
- er
- ir
- girl
- turkey
- er
- turtle
- or
- scarf
Free phonics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/phonics-for-kids