R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 159 · 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) turkey (b) bird (c) scarf
2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) popcorn
4. 4.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) first
6. 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
9. 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) torch
12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) car
14. 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
15. 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) spider
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) circle
18. 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) purple
20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) star
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) scarf
23. 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) purple
25. 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
28. 28.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) turkey
30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
31. 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
32. 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) purple
36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
37. 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) spider
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) butter

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