R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 237 · 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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) bird
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) turtle
4. 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
6. 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
7. 7.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
8. 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) guitar
10. 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) corn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) butter
13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
14. 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
16. 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) first
18. 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) ladder
20. 20.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) yarn
22. 22.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
23. 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
24. 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) jar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) girl
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) fork
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) torch
29. 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) corn
31. 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
32. 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
33. 33.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
35. 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) hammer
37. 37.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
40. 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

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