R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 743 · 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.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) hammer
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) yarn
5. 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) fork
8. 8.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) turkey
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) first
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) car
13. 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) car (c) turkey
17. 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) butter (c) turkey
19. 19.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
20. 20.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) dart
23. 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) popcorn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) paper (c) torch
26. 26.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
28. 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
29. 29.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
30. 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) corn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) shark
33. 33.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) third
35. 35.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
36. 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) butter
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) shark
40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird

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