R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 430 · 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) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) computer
3. 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
5. 5.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) purple
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) corn
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) popcorn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) fork (c) dart
10. 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) circle
13. 13.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) bird
15. 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) torch
17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) purple
19. 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) purple
21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) girl
23. 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
25. 25.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
26. 26.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
27. 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
29. 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
30. 30.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) thermometer
32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) butter
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) corn
35. 35.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
37. 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) bird

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