R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 32 · 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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) butter
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) ladder
4. 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) unicorn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) car (c) paper
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) guitar
8. 8.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
9. 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
10. 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
11. 11.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) popcorn
13. 13.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
14. 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
15. 15.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
17. 17.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
18. 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
19. 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) turtle
22. 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
23. 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) dart
25. 25.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) dart
27. 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) fork
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) turkey
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) bird
31. 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
32. 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
33. 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) circus
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) burger (c) bird
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) guitar
38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) bird
40. 40.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn

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