R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 956 · 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) paper (b) first (c) turkey
2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) turtle
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) computer (c) turtle
7. 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) shark (c) unicorn
9. 9.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) unicorn
12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
13. 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) purple
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) unicorn
16. 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) jar (c) computer
19. 19.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
20. 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
21. 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) unicorn
23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) yarn
27. 27.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) ladder
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) car (c) popcorn
30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) bird
33. 33.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) computer
35. 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
36. 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) fork (c) burger
38. 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
39. 39.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
40. 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower

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