R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 916 · 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) ladder (b) girl (c) star
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) bird
3. 3.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) popcorn
5. 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) tiger
7. 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
8. 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) unicorn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) spider
11. 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
12. 12.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) first (c) corn
14. 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
16. 16.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
17. 17.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) circus
19. 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) paper
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) burger
22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
24. 24.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) turkey
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) first (c) shark
30. 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
31. 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
33. 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) scarf
36. 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) purple
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) purple (c) butter
39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn

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