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.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
- 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) fork
- 4.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
- 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) third
- 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) burger
- 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) computer
- 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) thermometer
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) star (c) burger
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) fork
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) tiger
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 20.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) star
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) butter
- 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) corn
- 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) turkey
- 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) computer
- 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
- 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
- 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) bird
- 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) first
- 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
- 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
- 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) third
Answer key
- dart
- ar
- thermometer
- ladder
- ur
- tiger
- fork
- turkey
- corn
- or
- guitar
- or
- girl
- burger
- yarn
- purple
- hammer
- tiger
- or
- thermometer
- unicorn
- butter
- spider
- ar
- turkey
- purple
- ur
- ar
- popcorn
- third
- shark
- car
- yarn
- first
- corn
- spider
- or
- ir
- or
- third
Free phonics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/phonics-for-kids