R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 40 · 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 is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
2. 2.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) turtle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) purple
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) popcorn
6. 6.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
7. 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) shark
9. 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
11. 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) circle
14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) star
16. 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
19. 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
21. 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
23. 23.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) star
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) fork
26. 26.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) corn
28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) first
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) purple (c) shark
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) hammer
32. 32.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) car
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) hammer
35. 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turtle
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) unicorn
38. 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) flower
40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

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