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_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) scarf
- 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) ladder
- 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
- 6.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
- 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) spider
- 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) scarf
- 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) butter
- 11.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
- 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) jar
- 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
- 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) jar
- 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
- 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turkey
- 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
- 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) turtle
- 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) shark
- 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
- 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) scarf
- 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
- 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) bird
- 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) turtle
- 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 35.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
- 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
- 37.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
- 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 40.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- ur
- or
- girl
- jar
- unicorn
- corn
- turkey
- popcorn
- flower
- turkey
- dart
- ur
- ladder
- er
- torch
- ar
- jar
- ir
- spider
- ir
- star
- guitar
- computer
- fork
- burger
- fork
- ar
- purple
- tiger
- or
- tiger
- circle
- er
- or
- thermometer
- bird
- turtle
- ir
- or
- er
Free phonics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/phonics-for-kids