R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 395 · 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 “ir”? (a) first (b) paper (c) turtle
2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
3. 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) turtle
9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) burger
11. 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
12. 12.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) popcorn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) butter
15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
17. 17.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
18. 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) scarf (c) unicorn
20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) scarf
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) corn
25. 25.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
27. 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) burger
29. 29.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) third
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) torch
32. 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
33. 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
34. 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) star
36. 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
38. 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
39. 39.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) first

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