R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 23 · 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) burger (b) girl (c) fork
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) car (c) popcorn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) butter
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) paper
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) third
6. 6.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) star
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) ladder
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) circus
11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) guitar
14. 14.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) turkey
16. 16.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
17. 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) dart
19. 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) first
21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
23. 23.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
24. 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
25. 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) guitar
27. 27.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
28. 28.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) burger
30. 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
31. 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
32. 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) yarn
34. 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
35. 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) shark
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) girl
38. 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
39. 39.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
40. 40.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper

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