R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 121 · 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 “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) girl
2. 2.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) computer (c) bird
4. 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
5. 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
6. 6.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
7. 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
8. 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
9. 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) turtle
11. 11.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) popcorn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) circus
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) yarn
16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
17. 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) butter
20. 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
21. 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) guitar
24. 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
25. 25.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) popcorn
28. 28.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) thermometer
30. 30.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) turtle
32. 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
34. 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) third
36. 36.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
37. 37.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) torch
39. 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
40. 40.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

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