R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 997 · 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) scarf (b) turkey (c) circle
2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
3. 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) unicorn
5. 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
9. 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
10. 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) purple
12. 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) guitar
15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
16. 16.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) paper
19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) torch (c) car
23. 23.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) jar
25. 25.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) spider
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) turtle
28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
29. 29.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
30. 30.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
31. 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
34. 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
35. 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) star
38. 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) hammer

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