R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 909 · 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) girl (b) turtle (c) flower
2. 2.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) purple (c) hammer
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) scarf
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) star
7. 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
10. 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) third
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) torch
13. 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) scarf
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) computer
16. 16.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) star
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) unicorn
19. 19.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) turkey
21. 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) flower
23. 23.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
25. 25.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
26. 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
27. 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) hammer
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) circle
30. 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
31. 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
32. 32.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
33. 33.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
34. 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
36. 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) scarf
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) girl
39. 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn

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