R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 157 · 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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
3. 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
5. 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
6. 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) fork (c) burger
8. 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) turtle
11. 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) flower (c) torch
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) star
15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
16. 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
17. 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
20. 20.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) tiger
22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
23. 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
24. 24.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
25. 25.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) butter
27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
29. 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
30. 30.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
32. 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
33. 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) tiger
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) fork
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) first (c) purple
38. 38.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
39. 39.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur

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