R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 463 · 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 has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) ladder
2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
4. 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
5. 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) girl
8. 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) star
10. 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
11. 11.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) spider
13. 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
15. 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) computer (c) first
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) paper (c) bird
19. 19.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) popcorn
21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) circus
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) car
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) computer
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) star
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) first
28. 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) tiger
30. 30.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) third
32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
35. 35.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) corn
37. 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) turkey
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) popcorn

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