R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 137 · 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.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
3. 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
4. 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) yarn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) star (c) circus
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) scarf
8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) computer (c) purple
10. 10.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) car (c) turtle
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) girl
13. 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
15. 15.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) thermometer
17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) third (c) hammer
20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
21. 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
22. 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) star (c) corn
24. 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
25. 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) third (c) dart
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) bird
28. 28.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
29. 29.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) star
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) turtle
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) fork
33. 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) third
36. 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
37. 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
38. 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
40. 40.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

Free phonics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/phonics-for-kids