R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 891 · 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 “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) yarn
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) third
3. 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
4. 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) circle
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) turkey
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) jar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) first
9. 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) yarn
12. 12.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) dart
14. 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) thermometer
16. 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) dart (c) burger
18. 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) circus
21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) circus
23. 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
24. 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) bird
26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
27. 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
30. 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) bird
32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) torch
34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
35. 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) unicorn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) thermometer
39. 39.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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