R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 455 · 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 “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) paper
2. 2.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
3. 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
4. 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
7. 7.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
8. 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) star (c) unicorn
10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) car
12. 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) third (c) paper
14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
15. 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) girl
17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
18. 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) yarn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) ladder
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) car (c) turtle
22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
23. 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
25. 25.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
26. 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
31. 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
33. 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) turkey
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) tiger
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) circus
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) bird
39. 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork

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