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 “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) paper
- 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
- 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) hammer
- 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) third (c) unicorn
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) corn
- 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) bird (c) paper
- 13.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) circle (c) fork
- 17.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
- 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) car (c) purple
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) bird
- 20.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
- 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 23.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) star
- 25.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) jar
- 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) corn
- 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) turkey
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) circus
- 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
- 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) car (c) turtle
- 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
- 38.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 40.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
Answer key
- turtle
- ar
- ar
- purple
- ladder
- ir
- hammer
- or
- third
- corn
- turtle
- paper
- ar
- guitar
- ar
- circle
- star
- purple
- turkey
- hammer
- turkey
- er
- third
- flower
- ir
- jar
- bird
- ur
- or
- ar
- computer
- circus
- girl
- circus
- car
- burger
- popcorn
- ir
- ur
- paper
Free phonics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/phonics-for-kids