R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 541 · 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) unicorn (b) car (c) third
2. 2.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) spider (c) corn
5. 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
6. 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) ladder
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) girl
9. 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
10. 10.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) purple
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) jar (c) torch
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) first (c) turtle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) purple
17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
18. 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
19. 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) turtle
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) fork
22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
24. 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) scarf
26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) yarn
29. 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) first
31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) purple
34. 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
35. 35.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
36. 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
37. 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
40. 40.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer

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