R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 546 · 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 “ir”? (a) third (b) purple (c) car
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) first (c) paper
3. 3.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) spider
5. 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) turkey
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) unicorn
8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
9. 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
12. 12.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) dart
15. 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
16. 16.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
17. 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
22. 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
25. 25.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) first
27. 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) popcorn
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) unicorn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) turtle
31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) thermometer
33. 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
34. 34.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) burger
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) computer
37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
38. 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
39. 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
40. 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

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