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.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 2.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 3.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) scarf
- 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
- 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) butter
- 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) flower
- 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) guitar
- 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) popcorn
- 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) yarn
- 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
- 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
- 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) computer (c) fork
- 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) guitar
- 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) burger
- 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
- 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
- 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
- 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) computer
- 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
- 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
- 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) car (c) hammer
- 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
- 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
- 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
Answer key
- er
- ir
- er
- torch
- or
- jar
- butter
- ur
- ar
- paper
- flower
- or
- tiger
- turkey
- yarn
- bird
- ar
- girl
- flower
- dart
- ar
- or
- fork
- guitar
- circle
- scarf
- fork
- circle
- popcorn
- ur
- computer
- tiger
- purple
- third
- hammer
- unicorn
- or
- ir
- torch
- computer
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