R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 845 · 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) parple (b) porple (c) purple
2. 2.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) circus
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) jar
5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
8. 8.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
9. 9.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
10. 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) car (c) turkey
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) purple
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) guitar
14. 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) turtle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) corn
17. 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) torch (c) computer
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) third
20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
21. 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
23. 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) dart
26. 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
27. 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) girl
29. 29.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
31. 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) girl
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) burger
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circle
35. 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
36. 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) guitar
38. 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn

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