R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 631 · 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) bird (b) bard (c) bord
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) computer
3. 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
4. 4.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
5. 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) fork
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) turkey
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) scarf
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) burger
11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
13. 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
14. 14.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) car (c) spider
17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
19. 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
22. 22.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
23. 23.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
24. 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
25. 25.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
27. 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) scarf
29. 29.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) first
31. 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) flower
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) first
34. 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
35. 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
36. 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
38. 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) spider
40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork

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