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.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) tiger
- 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
- 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) circus
- 9.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) star
- 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
- 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) unicorn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) circus
- 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) butter (c) turkey
- 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 20.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) flower
- 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) unicorn
- 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 28.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 29.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) thermometer
- 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) first
- 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) flower
- 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
- 39.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- or
- ir
- guitar
- unicorn
- or
- er
- tiger
- scarf
- bird
- burger
- circle
- burger
- ar
- er
- third
- car
- torch
- butter
- purple
- er
- ar
- corn
- ar
- shark
- computer
- purple
- or
- er
- ir
- yarn
- fork
- shark
- hammer
- ar
- ir
- flower
- or
- fork
- ur
- ir
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