R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 553 · 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 is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) scarf
3. 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) torch
5. 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) flower
7. 7.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
8. 8.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) unicorn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) turtle
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) car (c) circus
14. 14.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) third (c) popcorn
18. 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) burger
20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
21. 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
22. 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) butter
24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) paper
26. 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
27. 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
28. 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) bird
30. 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) first (c) tiger
32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turtle
34. 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
35. 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) burger
37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) shark
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) corn
40. 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt

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