R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 17 · 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_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) third
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) car
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) circle
5. 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) circus
7. 7.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
9. 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) torch (c) butter
12. 12.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) yarn
14. 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
15. 15.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) popcorn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) spider
20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) fork (c) butter
22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
23. 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
24. 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
25. 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) corn
27. 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
28. 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
29. 29.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
31. 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) ladder (c) corn
34. 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
35. 35.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
36. 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) butter
40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor

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