R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 972 · 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 “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) shark
2. 2.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) bird
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) scarf
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) third (c) star
6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) jar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) spider
9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) girl
11. 11.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) turkey
13. 13.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
14. 14.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) third
17. 17.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
18. 18.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
19. 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
20. 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
21. 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
22. 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) third (c) torch
25. 25.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) corn
28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
29. 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
30. 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) turtle
33. 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) jar
35. 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) corn
37. 37.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
38. 38.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) purple
40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster

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