R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 44 · 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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
3. 3.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
5. 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) ladder
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) dart
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) corn
10. 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
11. 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) bird
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) paper
14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) ladder
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) first
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) third
19. 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
20. 20.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
22. 22.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) bird
24. 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
25. 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
26. 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
27. 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) first
29. 29.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
30. 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) circle
32. 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) fork
34. 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
35. 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) fork
37. 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) flower
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) flower
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) corn

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