R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 790 · 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 is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
3. 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) tiger (c) girl
5. 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
7. 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) turkey
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) thermometer
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) girl
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) third
12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
13. 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) circle
15. 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
17. 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) burger
19. 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
20. 20.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
21. 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
22. 22.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) guitar
25. 25.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) purple
27. 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
28. 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) flower
30. 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
31. 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) car
34. 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) car
36. 36.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) flower
38. 38.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) bird (c) corn

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