R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 615 · 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) girl (b) scarf (c) paper
2. 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
4. 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
7. 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) third
9. 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
12. 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) star (c) purple
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) corn
15. 15.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
18. 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) hammer
20. 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
21. 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) dart
23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
24. 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) hammer
27. 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) third (c) yarn
29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) star
32. 32.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
33. 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) yarn
35. 35.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) butter
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) bird
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) turtle
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) bird
40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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