R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 865 · 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) durt (b) dort (c) dart
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) turtle
3. 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) star
5. 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) scarf
7. 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
8. 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
9. 9.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
10. 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) scarf
12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
13. 13.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) first
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) bird
16. 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) turtle
19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) yarn
21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
22. 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) computer (c) fork
25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
26. 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) purple
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) guitar
29. 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
31. 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) unicorn
33. 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
34. 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) ladder
36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
37. 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
39. 39.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) star (c) corn

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