R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 214 · 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.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) car (c) ladder
3. 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) circus
5. 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) girl
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) fork (c) tiger
8. 8.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
9. 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) girl
12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
13. 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) star (c) burger
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) turtle
16. 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
17. 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) circle
19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
21. 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) turkey
24. 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
25. 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) star
27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) first
30. 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) purple
32. 32.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
34. 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) yarn
36. 36.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) purple
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) torch
39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) girl

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