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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) paper
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) star (c) fork
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) third
- 6.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) turtle
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) popcorn
- 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) shark
- 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
- 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) shark
- 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) guitar
- 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) turtle
- 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) first (c) burger
- 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) shark
- 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) butter
- 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
- 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) torch
- 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
Answer key
- ir
- or
- yarn
- star
- car
- ir
- corn
- circus
- popcorn
- girl
- burger
- jar
- torch
- computer
- guitar
- turkey
- turtle
- ur
- purple
- or
- er
- corn
- or
- torch
- first
- ar
- er
- er
- shark
- car
- circle
- popcorn
- butter
- guitar
- third
- bird
- first
- jar
- circus
- unicorn
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