R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 359 · 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) circle (b) tiger (c) purple
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) car (c) turkey
3. 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) guitar
6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) corn (c) thermometer
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) circle
9. 9.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) yarn
11. 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
12. 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
14. 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
15. 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
16. 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
17. 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) dart
19. 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
20. 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) paper (c) unicorn
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) third
23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
24. 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) bird
26. 26.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
27. 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) shark
30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) star
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) tiger
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) flower
35. 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
37. 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) scarf
39. 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
40. 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

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