R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 462 · 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 “or”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) corn
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) paper
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) paper
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) third (c) car
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) thermometer
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) popcorn
8. 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
9. 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) popcorn
12. 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) torch
15. 15.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
16. 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
17. 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) yarn
19. 19.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) corn
21. 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
22. 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
24. 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
25. 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
26. 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) fork
28. 28.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) spider
30. 30.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) guitar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) turkey
33. 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
34. 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) third
36. 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
37. 37.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
38. 38.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
39. 39.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) butter

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