R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 917 · 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) shark (b) torch (c) thermometer
2. 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) girl (c) ladder
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) spider
5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) tiger
8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) burger
10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) third (c) scarf
12. 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) ladder
14. 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
15. 15.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) corn
17. 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) turtle
19. 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
20. 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) circus
22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
23. 23.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) ladder
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) tiger
27. 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
28. 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
29. 29.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) burger
31. 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) paper
33. 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
36. 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
37. 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) scarf
39. 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle

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