R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 43 · 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) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) shark
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) computer
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) jar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) burger
6. 6.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) fork
8. 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
9. 9.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) turtle
11. 11.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) spider
13. 13.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
14. 14.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
15. 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) butter
17. 17.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) turtle
19. 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) jar (c) torch
21. 21.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) tiger
23. 23.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
24. 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
25. 25.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
26. 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) star
29. 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) third
31. 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
32. 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) circle
34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
35. 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) bird
38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) circle

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