R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 656 · 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 “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) first
2. 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) torch
4. 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
6. 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) popcorn
8. 8.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
9. 9.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) third
14. 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
15. 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) scarf
17. 17.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
18. 18.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) turtle
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circle
21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) bird
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) star
24. 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) computer
26. 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) dart
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) jar
30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
32. 32.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
34. 34.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
35. 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) unicorn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) paper
38. 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) circus
40. 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

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