R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 344 · 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) ladder (b) yarn (c) turkey
2. 2.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) car
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) unicorn
5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) circus
7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) flower
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) popcorn
11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) corn
13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) corn
15. 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) paper
18. 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) fork (c) car
22. 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) turtle
24. 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
25. 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) first
27. 27.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) purple
29. 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) first
31. 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
32. 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) unicorn
34. 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
35. 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
36. 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
37. 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
38. 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
39. 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
40. 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey

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