R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 723 · 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) car (b) corn (c) burger
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) ladder
3. 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
4. 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) spider
6. 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circle
8. 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) popcorn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) purple
11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
13. 13.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
14. 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) turtle
16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
18. 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
19. 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) flower
21. 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
22. 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
23. 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) girl
25. 25.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) scarf
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) circus
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) star
29. 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) yarn
31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) tiger
33. 33.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) burger
36. 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
37. 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
39. 39.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer

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