R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 769 · 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 is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
2. 2.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
3. 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
4. 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) star
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) car
7. 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
8. 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
9. 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) girl
11. 11.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) butter
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) corn
14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
16. 16.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
17. 17.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) hammer
19. 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) third (c) spider
21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) bird
23. 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
24. 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) popcorn
26. 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) turkey
28. 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) bird
30. 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
33. 33.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) torch
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) unicorn
36. 36.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
37. 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) guitar (c) circle
39. 39.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger

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