R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 785 · 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) third (b) popcorn (c) dart
2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) guitar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) fork
5. 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) turkey
7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) star (c) thermometer
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) corn (c) purple
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) unicorn
11. 11.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) fork
13. 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
14. 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
15. 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) girl
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) third (c) tiger
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) dart
19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) fork
22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) fork
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) ladder
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) spider
26. 26.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
27. 27.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
28. 28.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) star (c) computer
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) hammer
31. 31.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
33. 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
34. 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
35. 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) circle
38. 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) circus
40. 40.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

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