R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 183 · 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.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) flower (c) third
5. 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
6. 6.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) hammer
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) first
9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
11. 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) circus
13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) yarn
15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) star (c) bird
17. 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) dart
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) girl
20. 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
21. 21.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) torch (c) turtle
24. 24.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) turtle
26. 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
27. 27.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) burger
29. 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) butter
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) guitar
32. 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) thermometer
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) tiger
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) fork (c) turtle
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) girl
37. 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
38. 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) car
40. 40.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor

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