R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 315 · 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) torch (b) circus (c) butter
2. 2.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
3. 3.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) circle
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) purple
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) tiger
8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) third (c) dart
11. 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
15. 15.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) butter (c) fork
17. 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) torch
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) first (c) fork
20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) bird
23. 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
24. 24.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) shark (c) turkey
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) circle
27. 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) first (c) car
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) corn
30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
31. 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
33. 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) butter
35. 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
36. 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
37. 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
38. 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
39. 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
40. 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar

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