R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 730 · 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 “er”? (a) dart (b) computer (c) fork
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) circle
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) torch
4. 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) girl
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) yarn
7. 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) circle
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) flower
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) third (c) burger
11. 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
12. 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
13. 13.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) turkey
15. 15.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
16. 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) spider
19. 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
20. 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
22. 22.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
23. 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) yarn
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) shark
27. 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
28. 28.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
29. 29.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) spider
33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
34. 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
35. 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
36. 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) dart
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) star (c) turtle
40. 40.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

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