R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 164 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) jar
2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) circus
4. 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) first (c) purple
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) unicorn
8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
10. 10.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
11. 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) circle
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) circus
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) unicorn
16. 16.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
18. 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
19. 19.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) turkey
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) guitar
22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
23. 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) star
25. 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) turtle
27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
28. 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
29. 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
30. 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
33. 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) computer
35. 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) turtle
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) first (c) thermometer
38. 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) circle
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) purple

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