R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 594 · 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) guitar (b) girl (c) unicorn
2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
3. 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
4. 4.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) fork
6. 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
7. 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) first
9. 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) jar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) star (c) spider
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) star (c) corn
13. 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) popcorn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) bird
16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) fork
18. 18.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) butter
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) purple
22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
23. 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) fork
26. 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) popcorn
29. 29.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
30. 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
31. 31.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
32. 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
34. 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) third
36. 36.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
39. 39.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) car (c) fork

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