R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 75 · 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 “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) burger
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) shark
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) popcorn
4. 4.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
6. 6.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
8. 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) fork
10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
11. 11.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
13. 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) purple
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) hammer
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) star
17. 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) hammer
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) tiger
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) butter
21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
22. 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) star (c) spider
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) car (c) turkey
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) first
26. 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) star
31. 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) thermometer
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) corn
34. 34.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
35. 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
36. 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
37. 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
38. 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) turtle
40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord

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