R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 227 · 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 “or”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) popcorn
2. 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
4. 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) jar
7. 7.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) corn
9. 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) turtle
12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
13. 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) first
15. 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) third
18. 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
19. 19.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
20. 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) first
22. 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
23. 23.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
24. 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) flower
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) unicorn
28. 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) thermometer
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) girl
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) purple
32. 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
33. 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) popcorn
38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) corn
40. 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar

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