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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) girl
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) guitar
- 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
- 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
- 8.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
- 10.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
- 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) torch
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) tiger
- 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) car
- 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
- 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
- 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) jar
- 19.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 22.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) torch
- 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) torch
- 26.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) car
- 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
- 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) purple (c) tiger
- 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) girl (c) spider
- 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) popcorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) turkey
- 40.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- ar
- ur
- girl
- circle
- purple
- or
- scarf
- thermometer
- shark
- ir
- jar
- corn
- butter
- tiger
- turtle
- first
- circus
- unicorn
- er
- turkey
- ladder
- er
- torch
- or
- guitar
- ir
- ar
- ar
- car
- ar
- er
- guitar
- or
- third
- star
- torch
- or
- burger
- turkey
- ar
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