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.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 4.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 6.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
- 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) torch
- 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) turkey
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) burger
- 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) dart
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) girl
- 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 18.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) star (c) first
- 20.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 21.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
- 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) car
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) fork
- 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 27.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
- 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 32.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) paper
- 37.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) turkey
- 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) corn
Answer key
- or
- burger
- ur
- ir
- yarn
- third
- girl
- or
- ur
- bird
- star
- ladder
- burger
- first
- dart
- popcorn
- ar
- yarn
- first
- paper
- er
- shark
- spider
- turtle
- circle
- turkey
- guitar
- torch
- ur
- ar
- ir
- ladder
- thermometer
- or
- circus
- fork
- ir
- butter
- ar
- corn
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