R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 66 · 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) popcorn (b) shark (c) girl
2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) hammer (c) turtle
4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) third
8. 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
9. 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
10. 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
11. 11.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) hammer
14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
15. 15.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
16. 16.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) fork
18. 18.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
19. 19.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) ladder
21. 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) circus (c) spider
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) burger (c) corn
24. 24.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
27. 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) third (c) torch
29. 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
31. 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) yarn
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) burger
34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) star
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) star (c) first
37. 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) torch
39. 39.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) burger (c) torch

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