R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 793 · 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 “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) first
2. 2.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
3. 3.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) butter
5. 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
7. 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
10. 10.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) purple
12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) corn
14. 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
15. 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) torch
18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
19. 19.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) turkey
21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) unicorn
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) spider
25. 25.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) bird
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) turtle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) paper
29. 29.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
32. 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
34. 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
35. 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) flower
37. 37.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) first
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) girl
40. 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar

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