R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 684 · 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 “er”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) turkey
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) purple
3. 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) thermometer
5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) popcorn
7. 7.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) guitar
9. 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
10. 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
11. 11.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
12. 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) hammer
14. 14.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) turkey
16. 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
17. 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
21. 21.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
22. 22.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
23. 23.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
24. 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
25. 25.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
27. 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) third (c) tiger
29. 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) burger
33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) burger
35. 35.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
38. 38.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
40. 40.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

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