R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 941 · 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) purple (b) circle (c) paper
2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
3. 3.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) popcorn
5. 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
8. 8.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
9. 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) girl
11. 11.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) turkey
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) car
16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) unicorn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circus
20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) thermometer
22. 22.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) car (c) fork
24. 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) purple
27. 27.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) girl
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) computer
30. 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
31. 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
32. 32.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
33. 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) turtle
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) turkey
36. 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
37. 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) third
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) dart
40. 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

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