R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 523 · 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 “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) turkey
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) torch
3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
4. 4.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) spider
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) third
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) scarf
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) third
10. 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
11. 11.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
12. 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) bird
15. 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) hammer (c) torch
18. 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) purple
20. 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
21. 21.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
22. 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
25. 25.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) third
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) star (c) unicorn
28. 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
29. 29.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
30. 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
31. 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
34. 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
36. 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) star (c) unicorn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) circus
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) turtle
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) torch

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