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_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) paper (c) unicorn
- 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
- 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
- 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turtle
- 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) star (c) popcorn
- 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 9.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) guitar
- 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) ladder
- 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
- 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 15.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) corn
- 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) butter
- 19.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
- 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
- 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
- 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) fork
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) star
- 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) burger
- 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
- 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) circle
- 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) tiger
- 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) butter
- 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
- 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
- 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) unicorn
- 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) paper (c) burger
- 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
Answer key
- ir
- star
- purple
- or
- turtle
- dart
- popcorn
- or
- er
- torch
- ur
- first
- jar
- bird
- er
- circus
- er
- butter
- computer
- fork
- ar
- shark
- ur
- fork
- burger
- dart
- shark
- first
- thermometer
- jar
- ir
- scarf
- girl
- ar
- or
- corn
- star
- tiger
- third
- girl
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