R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 303 · 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 “ir”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) turkey
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) bird (c) paper
3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
4. 4.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
5. 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turkey
9. 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
10. 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) burger
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) star
14. 14.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) turkey
16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) first (c) flower
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) fork
19. 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) circus
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) thermometer
24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
27. 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
28. 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
30. 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
31. 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) third (c) popcorn
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) turkey
35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
36. 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
37. 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
40. 40.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer

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