R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 658 · 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 “ur”? (a) butter (b) third (c) purple
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) ladder
3. 3.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) butter
5. 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) hammer
9. 9.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) corn
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) bird
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) unicorn
13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) turtle
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) unicorn
16. 16.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) shark
18. 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) flower
20. 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) torch
23. 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) star
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) star
28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) shark
30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) turtle
32. 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
33. 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) computer
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) jar
38. 38.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
39. 39.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

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