R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 545 · 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 “ur”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) butter
2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) torch
4. 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) third (c) tiger
8. 8.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) first
10. 10.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) star
13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
16. 16.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
17. 17.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) flower
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) turkey
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) car
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) thermometer
22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
23. 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) third
25. 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
26. 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
27. 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) thermometer
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
30. 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
32. 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
33. 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
34. 34.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
35. 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) bird
37. 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) turkey
40. 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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