R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 599 · 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) guitar (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
2. 2.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
3. 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
4. 4.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) first
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) fork
7. 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) unicorn
9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
10. 10.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) star
13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
15. 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) scarf
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) butter
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) fork
19. 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
20. 20.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) first (c) purple
22. 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) popcorn
24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) tiger
26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
27. 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) purple
30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
32. 32.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
35. 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) corn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) burger
38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
39. 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) car

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