R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 163 · 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) third (b) shark (c) purple
2. 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) yarn
5. 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
6. 6.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
7. 7.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) spider
9. 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) girl (c) turtle
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) ladder
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) dart
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) girl
14. 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
17. 17.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
19. 19.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) car
21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
22. 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) girl
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) flower
25. 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
27. 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
28. 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
31. 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) scarf
33. 33.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) tiger
35. 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
36. 36.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) unicorn
38. 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) fork
40. 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch

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