R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 278 · 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 is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
3. 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) dart
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) first
6. 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
7. 7.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) bird
9. 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
11. 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) thermometer
13. 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) guitar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) girl
16. 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) paper (c) fork
18. 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
19. 19.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) unicorn
21. 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
22. 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
23. 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) turtle
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) circle
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) first (c) unicorn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) tiger
29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) circus
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) burger
32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
33. 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) star
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) ladder
36. 36.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) spider
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) turtle
39. 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) turtle

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