R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 311 · 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 “ur”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) purple
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) girl
3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
6. 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) third
8. 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) unicorn
10. 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) ladder
12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) fork
14. 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) burger (c) tiger
16. 16.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) third
18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
19. 19.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) third (c) flower
21. 21.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) circus
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) yarn
24. 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
25. 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
26. 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) fork
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) spider
29. 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) hammer
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) turtle
32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
34. 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
36. 36.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) dart
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) paper
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) circle
40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

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