R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 24 · 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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
2. 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
3. 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) ladder
5. 5.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
9. 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) star
11. 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
12. 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) paper
14. 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
16. 16.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) car
18. 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
20. 20.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
21. 21.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) torch
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) computer
24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) turtle
28. 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) circus
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) turkey
31. 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) dart
33. 33.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) torch
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) bird
37. 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) popcorn
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) guitar (c) purple

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