R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 407 · 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 “er”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) first
2. 2.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) first (c) dart
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
7. 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
9. 9.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) scarf
14. 14.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
16. 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
17. 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) car (c) turtle
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) burger
21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
22. 22.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
26. 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) spider
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) turkey
29. 29.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
30. 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) shark
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) third
33. 33.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
37. 37.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) hammer
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) hammer
40. 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar

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