R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 981 · 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 “ar”? (a) torch (b) star (c) thermometer
2. 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
3. 3.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
4. 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) dart
6. 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) computer
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) yarn
9. 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) girl
11. 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) spider
13. 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) turkey
15. 15.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
16. 16.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) first
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) corn
19. 19.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) thermometer
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) corn (c) girl
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) third
23. 23.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
24. 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) popcorn
26. 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) first
29. 29.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) car (c) popcorn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) scarf
32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
33. 33.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) butter
36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
37. 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn

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