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.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
- 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) car
- 7.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) burger
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) purple
- 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
- 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) computer
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) computer (c) turtle
- 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) turtle
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) torch
- 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) dart
- 22.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
- 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 25.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) fork
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circus (c) corn
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) car
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) guitar
- 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
- 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) circle
- 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) tiger
- 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) first (c) star
- 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
Answer key
- or
- or
- popcorn
- guitar
- purple
- car
- circle
- ur
- burger
- purple
- or
- star
- unicorn
- computer
- turtle
- turtle
- circle
- torch
- ar
- scarf
- dart
- er
- dart
- burger
- spider
- girl
- paper
- bird
- flower
- guitar
- tiger
- ur
- corn
- ir
- ar
- tiger
- ir
- circus
- star
- ur
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