R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 221 · 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.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) jar (c) ladder
3. 3.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) tiger
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) guitar
7. 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
9. 9.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) unicorn
11. 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) turkey
13. 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
14. 14.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
15. 15.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) tiger
17. 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
19. 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) girl
21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
22. 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) fork
24. 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
25. 25.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
27. 27.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
28. 28.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) paper (c) turkey
31. 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
32. 32.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) yarn
37. 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) turkey
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) guitar
40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

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