R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 196 · 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.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
5. 5.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) fork
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) purple
8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
9. 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
11. 11.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
12. 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) third (c) fork
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) third
15. 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
19. 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) turkey
21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) scarf
25. 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) fork (c) yarn
27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) dart
29. 29.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
30. 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
31. 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) fork
33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
34. 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) purple
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) turkey
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
38. 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) popcorn
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) shark

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