R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 552 · 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 “er”? (a) hammer (b) girl (c) purple
2. 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
3. 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
4. 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) thermometer
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) guitar
7. 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
9. 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) popcorn
11. 11.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
13. 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) jar
16. 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) car
18. 18.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) fork
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) tiger
21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
22. 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) girl
24. 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) burger
27. 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
28. 28.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
29. 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
30. 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) turkey
32. 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
33. 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) computer
36. 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) scarf
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) hammer (c) burger
39. 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) purple

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