R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 818 · 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) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) turtle
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) girl
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) jar
5. 5.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
6. 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
7. 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) bird
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) unicorn
11. 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) girl
16. 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
17. 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
18. 18.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) fork
21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) circus (c) purple
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) unicorn
25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
27. 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) circus
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) corn (c) flower
30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) corn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) flower (c) fork
33. 33.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
34. 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) jar
37. 37.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
38. 38.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) butter

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