R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 325 · 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 “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) shark
2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) car
4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) ladder
8. 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) first (c) scarf
12. 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
13. 13.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
15. 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
17. 17.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
21. 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
22. 22.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
23. 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) unicorn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) turtle
26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
27. 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) third
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) turkey
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) turkey
33. 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
34. 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) computer
36. 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) girl
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) car (c) turtle
39. 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) bird

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