R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 878 · 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.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
3. 3.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) circus
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) girl (c) car
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) turkey
8. 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) bird
11. 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) burger
13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
14. 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) circus
18. 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
19. 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) unicorn
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) turkey
23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
25. 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) first
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) circus
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) butter (c) bird
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) turtle
30. 30.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
31. 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) car
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) bird
34. 34.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) tiger
37. 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
38. 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor

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