R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 687 · 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) turkey (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
2. 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
3. 3.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
4. 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) jar
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) circus
11. 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
12. 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) torch
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) popcorn
15. 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
16. 16.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) third
18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circle (c) thermometer
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) third
21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
22. 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) third
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) flower (c) turtle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) star (c) computer
29. 29.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) purple
31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) purple
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) ladder
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) thermometer
37. 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
38. 38.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) star (c) torch
40. 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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