R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 229 · 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 is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) flower
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) star
4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) shark
7. 7.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) circus
9. 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) car
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) torch
12. 12.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
13. 13.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
16. 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
17. 17.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) car
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) star (c) popcorn
20. 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) scarf
22. 22.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) turtle
24. 24.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) first
26. 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
28. 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) bird
30. 30.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
31. 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) first (c) thermometer
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) paper
34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
35. 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
36. 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
37. 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
39. 39.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
40. 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er

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