R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 182 · 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) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
3. 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
4. 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) third
6. 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
7. 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) turtle
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) third (c) star
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) jar
12. 12.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
13. 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) corn
15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) car
18. 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) butter
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) shark (c) computer
21. 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) corn
23. 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) hammer
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) hammer
27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
29. 29.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) turkey
31. 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) circus
33. 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
34. 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) turtle
36. 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) girl
38. 38.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) corn

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