R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 305 · 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) circle (c) unicorn
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) bird
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) corn
4. 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
5. 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
6. 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
7. 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
8. 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
10. 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) ladder
13. 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
15. 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) scarf
20. 20.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
21. 21.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
22. 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) unicorn
26. 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
28. 28.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) butter (c) first
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) turkey
31. 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) third
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) circus
34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) spider
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) butter (c) scarf
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) purple
38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
39. 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) corn

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