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) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
- 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) jar
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) star
- 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) turkey
- 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
- 8.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
- 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) computer
- 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
- 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
- 12.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
- 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) turtle
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) shark
- 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
- 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
- 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) fork
- 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
- 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
- 25.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) corn
- 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
- 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 29.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) spider
- 32.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) third
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
- 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) circus
- 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
Answer key
- or
- car
- jar
- circus
- circle
- torch
- butter
- bird
- bird
- corn
- burger
- paper
- fork
- turtle
- shark
- popcorn
- unicorn
- third
- ur
- purple
- or
- first
- ar
- circus
- ar
- yarn
- jar
- purple
- er
- ir
- girl
- ir
- er
- corn
- girl
- ir
- dart
- fork
- ar
- er
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