R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 296 · 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 “er”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) unicorn
2. 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
4. 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
5. 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) turkey
7. 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
9. 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) turtle
11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) circle
13. 13.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) third
15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
16. 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
19. 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) circus
21. 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circle
23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) guitar (c) popcorn
26. 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) turtle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) third (c) turkey
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) purple
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) torch (c) purple
31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
32. 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) turkey
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) shark
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) butter (c) fork
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) yarn
37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
39. 39.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar

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