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.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) dart
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) butter
- 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) corn
- 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
- 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
- 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) fork
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) car
- 18.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
- 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) shark
- 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) star
- 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 27.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circle (c) torch
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circle
- 32.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
- 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) dart
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) torch
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
- 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) bird
Answer key
- ar
- burger
- ur
- computer
- dart
- butter
- fork
- corn
- yarn
- corn
- torch
- circus
- turtle
- ar
- er
- fork
- turkey
- shark
- flower
- bird
- turtle
- shark
- car
- purple
- or
- circle
- tiger
- ir
- car
- ar
- circle
- scarf
- burger
- torch
- girl
- ur
- er
- butter
- er
- bird
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