R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 966 · 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 is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) circus (c) fork
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) circle
4. 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) ladder
9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
11. 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
12. 12.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) flower
15. 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
16. 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) paper
18. 18.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
19. 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
20. 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
21. 21.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) third
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) dart
24. 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
25. 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) corn
27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) guitar
29. 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
30. 30.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) turtle
32. 32.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
33. 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) turtle
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) tiger
36. 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
37. 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) turkey
39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
40. 40.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer

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