R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 839 · 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) jir (b) jar (c) jor
2. 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) bird
4. 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) bird
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) car (c) corn
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) car
9. 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) car
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) fork
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) scarf
13. 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
14. 14.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
15. 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
18. 18.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
19. 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) guitar
21. 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
22. 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
23. 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) unicorn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) butter
26. 26.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
27. 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
28. 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
29. 29.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) dart (c) thermometer
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) turkey
32. 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
33. 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) turkey
35. 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
36. 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) burger
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) bird
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) first (c) turkey
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) jar

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