R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 431 · 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) bard (b) bord (c) bird
2. 2.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
3. 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
4. 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) tiger
6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
7. 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
8. 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) computer
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) shark
12. 12.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
13. 13.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) turkey
18. 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) flower
21. 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) hammer
23. 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
24. 24.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) star (c) thermometer
26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
27. 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
28. 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) flower
30. 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) corn
32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
33. 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) spider (c) circus
35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) corn
37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) circus
39. 39.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
40. 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir

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