R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 886 · 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) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
2. 2.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
3. 3.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) hammer
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) girl (c) popcorn
6. 6.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
7. 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
8. 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
9. 9.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) third
11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) car
16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) flower
19. 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) popcorn
21. 21.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) fork
23. 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) bird
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) car (c) turkey
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) first (c) burger
27. 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) guitar
31. 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
32. 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
34. 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
36. 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) thermometer
38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) yarn
40. 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar

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