R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 70 · 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) third (b) spider (c) unicorn
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) yarn
3. 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) corn
5. 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) star
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) corn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) hammer
10. 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) yarn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) flower
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) fork
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) unicorn
15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
16. 16.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
17. 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
19. 19.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
22. 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
23. 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) girl
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) turkey
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) purple
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) jar
28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
31. 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
32. 32.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) torch
35. 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) star
37. 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
38. 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
39. 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er

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