R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 133 · 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 “ar”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) butter
2. 2.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) car
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) turkey
5. 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) circus
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) jar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) guitar
9. 9.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
10. 10.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) purple
12. 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) girl
14. 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
15. 15.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) fork
17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
18. 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) burger
20. 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
21. 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
22. 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) fork
25. 25.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
28. 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
29. 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
30. 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) popcorn
32. 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) turtle
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) shark
36. 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
37. 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
38. 38.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
39. 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) purple

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