R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 670 · 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 is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
2. 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) jar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) ladder
5. 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) computer
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) turkey
8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) corn
11. 11.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) unicorn
13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) guitar
16. 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
18. 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) car (c) tiger
21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) burger
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) purple
25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
26. 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) corn
28. 28.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) corn (c) circle
32. 32.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) guitar
34. 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) turtle
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) torch
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) third (c) thermometer
38. 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
39. 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
40. 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

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