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.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) car
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) paper (c) burger
- 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) turtle
- 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) purple
- 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) tiger
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) thermometer
- 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) turtle
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) turtle
- 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
- 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
- 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
- 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 30.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) fork
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) shark
- 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) first
- 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) first
- 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
Answer key
- er
- butter
- car
- unicorn
- turkey
- ir
- popcorn
- ur
- burger
- torch
- computer
- tiger
- thermometer
- ar
- or
- ur
- first
- circle
- ur
- third
- turtle
- girl
- ar
- girl
- turtle
- circus
- popcorn
- ladder
- tiger
- er
- ar
- er
- ur
- turkey
- first
- unicorn
- ar
- fork
- bird
- ir
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