R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 143 · 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 “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) corn
2. 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
4. 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
5. 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
6. 6.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
7. 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) first (c) unicorn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) guitar
13. 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) fork
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) shark
17. 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
18. 18.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
19. 19.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
24. 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
25. 25.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) tiger
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) circle
29. 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) spider
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) purple
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) corn
33. 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
34. 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
35. 35.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
36. 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
37. 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) shark
39. 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
40. 40.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn

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