R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 602 · 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) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) computer (c) fork
5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) first
7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
8. 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) butter (c) bird
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) third
12. 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
13. 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
16. 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) turkey
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) circle
19. 19.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
20. 20.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
21. 21.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
24. 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
26. 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) turtle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) girl
29. 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
30. 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
34. 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) circus
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) butter
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) third
38. 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
39. 39.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar

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