R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 572 · 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) spider (b) popcorn (c) first
2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) star (c) circus
5. 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
7. 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) turtle
9. 9.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) unicorn
12. 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
13. 13.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) paper
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) dart
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) turtle
17. 17.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
18. 18.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) girl
21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) dart
23. 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) scarf
27. 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
28. 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) hammer (c) popcorn
30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) girl
32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) bird
36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
37. 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) tiger
40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk

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