R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 280 · 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) thermometer (b) torch (c) dart
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) corn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) purple
4. 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) corn (c) computer
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) third
7. 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) jar (c) turtle
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) yarn
10. 10.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) first
12. 12.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) paper
14. 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
15. 15.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
16. 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
17. 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
19. 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) turkey
21. 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
22. 22.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
23. 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) torch
25. 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
26. 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) scarf
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) purple
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) fork (c) turtle
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) fork
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) corn
34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
35. 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) popcorn
38. 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
39. 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple

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