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) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 2.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
- 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
- 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) shark
- 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
- 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 9.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) burger
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) girl
- 12.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
- 15.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) first (c) jar
- 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) hammer
- 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) unicorn
- 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
- 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
- 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) scarf (c) popcorn
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) girl
- 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 28.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) burger
- 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
- 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 32.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 33.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
- 36.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) popcorn
- 40.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
Answer key
- or
- car
- circus
- ir
- shark
- fork
- first
- ar
- ar
- burger
- car
- or
- ir
- turkey
- hammer
- spider
- or
- torch
- purple
- unicorn
- er
- third
- shark
- ur
- scarf
- girl
- ar
- er
- circus
- butter
- or
- circle
- ir
- er
- girl
- er
- ur
- ir
- dart
- er
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