R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 875 · 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 “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) turkey
2. 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) shark
4. 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) torch
7. 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) turtle
9. 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) first
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) shark
12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
13. 13.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
14. 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
16. 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
18. 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
19. 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) first
21. 21.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
23. 23.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circus (c) hammer
26. 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
27. 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) first (c) paper
29. 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
30. 30.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) jar
34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) star
36. 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) torch
39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) corn

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