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.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) guitar
- 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 6.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) scarf
- 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 12.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) paper
- 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) dart
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) car
- 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) unicorn
- 19.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) jar
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) guitar
- 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) third
- 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) torch
- 27.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 28.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) girl (c) turtle
- 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
- 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) guitar
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) thermometer
- 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
- 36.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
- 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) star
- 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
Answer key
- er
- flower
- unicorn
- or
- ur
- er
- ur
- circus
- scarf
- burger
- ar
- ir
- paper
- er
- dart
- car
- ur
- flower
- computer
- jar
- corn
- or
- popcorn
- third
- yarn
- torch
- ladder
- thermometer
- or
- girl
- fork
- torch
- guitar
- thermometer
- spider
- jar
- star
- or
- ar
- turkey
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