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.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) purple
- 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) star (c) burger
- 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) torch
- 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) guitar
- 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) third
- 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) ladder (c) purple
- 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
- 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
- 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
- 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) fork
- 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) popcorn
- 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 21.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
- 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) unicorn
- 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) star
- 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) turtle
- 27.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
- 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) tiger
- 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) corn
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) popcorn
- 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
- 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) ladder
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
- 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
- 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
- 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) thermometer (c) turtle
- 37.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
Answer key
- ur
- er
- yarn
- bird
- burger
- ar
- ur
- first
- guitar
- dart
- or
- ladder
- bird
- er
- fork
- turtle
- flower
- ar
- hammer
- jar
- er
- corn
- unicorn
- circus
- ur
- third
- ir
- car
- turkey
- girl
- circle
- torch
- ur
- jar
- burger
- thermometer
- or
- er
- or
- computer
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