R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 693 · 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 “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) burger
2. 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
3. 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
4. 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
5. 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) popcorn
7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) turtle
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) torch
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) burger
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) star (c) turkey
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) turkey
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) ladder
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) dart
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
16. 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) popcorn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) flower (c) car
19. 19.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
20. 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
21. 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) circle
26. 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) butter
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) girl
29. 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
30. 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) shark
32. 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) turkey
35. 35.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) purple
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) turkey
38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger

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