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.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) car
- 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) turtle
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 7.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 8.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) butter
- 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) turkey
- 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) corn
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) popcorn
- 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) car (c) popcorn
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) fork
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) thermometer
- 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
- 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 27.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) star
- 31.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
- 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
- 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) hammer
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) scarf
- 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
- 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) turtle
Answer key
- ar
- guitar
- fork
- star
- jar
- or
- computer
- er
- girl
- unicorn
- car
- ur
- turkey
- bird
- ur
- popcorn
- torch
- ladder
- ir
- er
- first
- popcorn
- shark
- corn
- girl
- or
- er
- ir
- ar
- tiger
- ar
- jar
- ir
- turtle
- burger
- first
- burger
- ir
- ar
- turtle
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