R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 55 · 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) popcorn (b) turkey (c) spider
2. 2.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
3. 3.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) unicorn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) popcorn
7. 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) third
9. 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
11. 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
12. 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) fork
14. 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
15. 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
18. 18.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) turtle
20. 20.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) burger
22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) turkey
24. 24.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) butter
26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
27. 27.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
28. 28.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) hammer
30. 30.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
31. 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) fork
34. 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
35. 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
37. 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
38. 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) third (c) thermometer
40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple

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