R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 435 · 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) thard (b) third (c) thord
2. 2.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) butter (c) turtle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) purple (c) yarn
5. 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
6. 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) computer
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) torch
10. 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
11. 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
12. 12.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
13. 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) popcorn
15. 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) bird
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) butter
18. 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
20. 20.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) spider
22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) turkey
24. 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) fork
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) bird
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) popcorn (c) jar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) spider
29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) circus
32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
34. 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) burger
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) first
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) unicorn
38. 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) first
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) star

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