R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 852 · 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 “ur”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) paper
2. 2.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
3. 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
5. 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
6. 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) girl
8. 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
9. 9.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) dart
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) corn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) third
14. 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
15. 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) burger
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) car (c) popcorn
20. 20.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
22. 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
23. 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) thermometer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) circle
26. 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
28. 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) bird
31. 31.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
34. 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) unicorn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) popcorn
38. 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
39. 39.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) butter

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