R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 150 · 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 is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) turtle
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) flower (c) first
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) bird
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) dart (c) hammer
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) first
7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
8. 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
9. 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) thermometer
11. 11.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
16. 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
17. 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) star
20. 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) fork
23. 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
25. 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
27. 27.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
29. 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
30. 30.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
31. 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
32. 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
34. 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
36. 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
38. 38.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
40. 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or

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