R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 142 · 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 “or”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) popcorn
2. 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) purple (c) unicorn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) turkey
5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) unicorn
7. 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) thermometer
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) scarf
10. 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
11. 11.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circle
13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
17. 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
20. 20.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) yarn (c) bird
22. 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) turtle
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) popcorn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) car
26. 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) third (c) paper
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) fork
30. 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
31. 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
32. 32.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) first (c) car
34. 34.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
35. 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
36. 36.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) burger
38. 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
39. 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) popcorn

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