R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 337 · 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 “ar”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) jar
2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) bird
5. 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) first
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) corn (c) thermometer
8. 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) spider
11. 11.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) tiger
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) bird
14. 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
15. 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
16. 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
17. 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
18. 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) star
20. 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
22. 22.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
23. 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) turtle
25. 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) bird
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) scarf
28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
29. 29.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
30. 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
31. 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
33. 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
35. 35.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) third (c) fork
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) unicorn
38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
39. 39.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) paper

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