R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 234 · 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) girl (b) butter (c) corn
2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
4. 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) dart (c) burger
6. 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) car (c) popcorn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) first
10. 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) first (c) unicorn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) star
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) thermometer
15. 15.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) unicorn
17. 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) purple
21. 21.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) turtle
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) hammer
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) turkey
25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
26. 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
27. 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
28. 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
29. 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) unicorn
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) scarf
34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) dart (c) fork
36. 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
38. 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

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