R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 718 · 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) farst (b) forst (c) first
2. 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
3. 3.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
4. 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) car (c) torch
6. 6.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
7. 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) torch
11. 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) fork
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) purple
14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) jar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) ladder
18. 18.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) butter
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) turtle
21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) purple (c) flower
23. 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) hammer
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) torch
27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) fork
31. 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) corn
33. 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
34. 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) tiger
36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
37. 37.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) turkey
39. 39.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) popcorn

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