R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 883 · 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) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) unicorn
3. 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
5. 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
6. 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) thermometer
8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) ladder
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) tiger
12. 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
13. 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) star
16. 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
17. 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) turkey
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) first
21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
22. 22.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) turtle
24. 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
25. 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) turkey
27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
28. 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
29. 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
30. 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) circus
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) purple
33. 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
34. 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) circle
37. 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) first
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) unicorn
40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple

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