R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 761 · 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) bird (b) tiger (c) turkey
2. 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) turkey
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) unicorn
5. 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) car
8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) burger
11. 11.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
12. 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
13. 13.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
14. 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) turtle
16. 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) purple
18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) thermometer
20. 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) scarf (c) corn
22. 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
23. 23.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
25. 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) butter
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) burger
28. 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
29. 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) torch
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) turkey
32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) girl
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) turtle
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) turtle
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) first
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) flower
40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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