R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 461 · 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) parple (b) purple (c) porple
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) third (c) shark
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) turtle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) turtle
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) bird
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) car
7. 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
9. 9.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) car
11. 11.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) purple
13. 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) dart
15. 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
16. 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
17. 17.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) first (c) unicorn
19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) torch
21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
22. 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
23. 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
24. 24.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
25. 25.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) shark
27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
28. 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) popcorn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) popcorn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) scarf
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) dart
33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
34. 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
35. 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
36. 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
37. 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) yarn
39. 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl

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