R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 940 · 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) fork (b) turtle (c) spider
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) thermometer
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) fork
4. 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) dart
6. 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
7. 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
9. 9.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
12. 12.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
15. 15.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) first
17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) butter
19. 19.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
21. 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) circle
24. 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) dart
26. 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) circus
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) third
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) scarf
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) guitar
31. 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) third
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) flower
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) first
35. 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
36. 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
39. 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn

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