R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 213 · 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 “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) turtle
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) purple
3. 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) ladder (c) first
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) turkey
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) fork
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) spider (c) dart
8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
9. 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) turkey
11. 11.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) spider
13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) third (c) turkey
15. 15.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) turkey
17. 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) first
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) shark
21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
22. 22.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
24. 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) third
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) scarf
28. 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
29. 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
31. 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
32. 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
33. 33.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
34. 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
36. 36.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) star
38. 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
39. 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
40. 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir

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