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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) third
- 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
- 5.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) burger
- 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
- 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) fork
- 16.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
- 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) star
- 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) flower
- 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) thermometer
- 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) first
- 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) turkey
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) third (c) corn
- 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) first (c) unicorn
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) torch
- 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
- 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
- 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) bird
Answer key
- or
- car
- ur
- burger
- spider
- thermometer
- jar
- ur
- unicorn
- ur
- burger
- ar
- or
- purple
- fork
- circle
- torch
- dart
- star
- er
- turtle
- first
- ladder
- fork
- spider
- corn
- computer
- torch
- popcorn
- ar
- ar
- ur
- car
- flower
- tiger
- er
- or
- thermometer
- star
- bird
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