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.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) corn
- 5.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) girl
- 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) burger
- 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) scarf
- 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) star
- 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
- 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
- 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
- 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) guitar
- 21.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 22.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
- 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) third
- 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) shark
- 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
- 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) ladder
- 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
- 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) first (c) turkey
- 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
- 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) ladder
- 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
- 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) unicorn
- 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 39.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
- 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- or
- corn
- or
- corn
- er
- bird
- butter
- ur
- burger
- ir
- girl
- ar
- purple
- third
- or
- car
- ar
- first
- yarn
- guitar
- ir
- ladder
- third
- or
- shark
- burger
- ur
- circus
- hammer
- turkey
- unicorn
- fork
- circle
- scarf
- ar
- ir
- unicorn
- torch
- shark
- er
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