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) or (b) ar (c) er
- 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) computer
- 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
- 8.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) spider
- 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) star
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) torch
- 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) circle
- 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) star
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) turtle
- 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
- 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
- 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
- 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
- 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) circle
- 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) circus
- 34.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) flower
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) computer
- 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- ar
- er
- ur
- computer
- third
- ur
- unicorn
- dart
- burger
- turkey
- ur
- spider
- ar
- purple
- torch
- ir
- purple
- torch
- circle
- jar
- er
- star
- shark
- ir
- guitar
- ar
- yarn
- hammer
- star
- shark
- jar
- or
- circus
- computer
- or
- yarn
- flower
- burger
- ir
- or
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