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) ar (c) ur
- 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
- 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) jar (c) purple
- 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) scarf
- 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) third (c) turtle
- 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
- 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) scarf
- 11.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) turtle
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) thermometer
- 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
- 21.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
- 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) car
- 24.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) fork
- 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) circus
- 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
- 29.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) fork
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) dart
- 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) yarn
- 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) burger
- 35.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) unicorn
Answer key
- or
- bird
- purple
- paper
- purple
- ladder
- ar
- third
- shark
- computer
- ir
- ir
- or
- unicorn
- ur
- ar
- tiger
- first
- or
- torch
- ar
- fork
- car
- flower
- fork
- torch
- ir
- scarf
- burger
- jar
- circle
- ar
- yarn
- scarf
- er
- spider
- ur
- ur
- ar
- circus
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