R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 920 · 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) unicorn (b) butter (c) guitar
2. 2.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
4. 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) fork
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) star
7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
8. 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
12. 12.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) circle
14. 14.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
16. 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) turkey
18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) spider (c) first
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) turkey
21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) paper
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) circle (c) turkey
24. 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
25. 25.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) popcorn
27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) jar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) popcorn
30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) purple
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) torch
33. 33.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
34. 34.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) third (c) star
36. 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
37. 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
38. 38.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) third (c) turtle
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) dart

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