R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 635 · 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 “or”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) fork
2. 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) purple
4. 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) third (c) corn
8. 8.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) yarn
11. 11.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) circle
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) flower
14. 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
16. 16.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) popcorn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) purple
20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) circus
25. 25.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) shark
27. 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) car
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) car (c) turkey
30. 30.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
31. 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) flower (c) yarn
34. 34.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
36. 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
37. 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) hammer
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) jar
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer

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