R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 665 · 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) shark (b) butter (c) turtle
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) shark
3. 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) purple
5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
8. 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) turkey
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) jar (c) corn
11. 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
12. 12.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) guitar
14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) circus
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) shark
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) unicorn
19. 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) fork
21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
23. 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
24. 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) first
27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
28. 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) turkey
30. 30.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) thermometer
34. 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
35. 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) purple
37. 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
38. 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
39. 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar

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