R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 42 · 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) turkey (b) girl (c) unicorn
2. 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) flower
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) fork
5. 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
6. 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
7. 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
8. 8.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) dart
10. 10.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
11. 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) star
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) jar
14. 14.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) spider (c) yarn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) girl
17. 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
18. 18.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) girl
20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
21. 21.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
22. 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) butter
24. 24.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) third
26. 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) turtle
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) circle
30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) turkey
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) turtle
33. 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) tiger
35. 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) bird
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) first
38. 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
39. 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
40. 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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