R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 36 · 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) bird (b) burger (c) hammer
2. 2.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
3. 3.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
4. 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
5. 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) fork
7. 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) turtle
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) turtle
11. 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
12. 12.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) bird
14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
16. 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) scarf (c) first
18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) scarf
21. 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
22. 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
23. 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) corn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) yarn (c) circle
26. 26.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) car (c) butter
28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) star
30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) jar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) dart
33. 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
34. 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
36. 36.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) girl
38. 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) circle

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