R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 968 · 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) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
2. 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) circus
5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
6. 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
7. 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) purple
9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
11. 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) third (c) scarf
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) bird
14. 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
15. 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) turkey
17. 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
18. 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) turkey
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) bird
21. 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
22. 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) guitar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) girl
25. 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
26. 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) corn
28. 28.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) butter (c) third
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) popcorn
31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) purple
33. 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) turtle
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) torch
36. 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) ladder (c) third
38. 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
39. 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
40. 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf

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