R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 230 · 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.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
2. 2.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
3. 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
4. 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) burger
6. 6.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
7. 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
8. 8.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
9. 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) tiger
11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) computer
13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) fork
16. 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) unicorn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) popcorn
19. 19.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
20. 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) scarf
22. 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) unicorn
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) spider (c) circle
25. 25.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
29. 29.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
31. 31.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
33. 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) car (c) third
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) paper
36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
37. 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
38. 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
39. 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar

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