R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 973 · 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) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
2. 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) turkey
5. 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) paper
7. 7.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
8. 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
10. 10.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) fork
12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) car
14. 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) hammer (c) guitar
16. 16.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
17. 17.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) corn
19. 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
20. 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) first
23. 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
24. 24.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) guitar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) tiger
28. 28.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
29. 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
30. 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
31. 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) unicorn
34. 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) star
36. 36.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
37. 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
38. 38.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) torch
40. 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

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