R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 105 · 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) turtle (b) car (c) thermometer
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) tiger
3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
6. 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) jar
8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
9. 9.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) jar
11. 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) girl
13. 13.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) tiger
15. 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
16. 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
17. 17.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) hammer
19. 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) torch
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) turtle
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) star
23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
24. 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) burger
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) circus
27. 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) butter
29. 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
31. 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
32. 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
33. 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) star
35. 35.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) purple

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