R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 707 · 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.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) popcorn
4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
5. 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
6. 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
9. 9.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) dart
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) yarn
12. 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
13. 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) star
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) first (c) dart
16. 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) third
18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) turtle
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) shark
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) circle
22. 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
23. 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) first (c) shark
25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
26. 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) bird
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) flower (c) purple
31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
32. 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) yarn
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) circus
35. 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
36. 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
37. 37.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
38. 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) turtle

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