R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 248 · 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) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
2. 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
3. 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) popcorn
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) yarn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) thermometer
7. 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
8. 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
9. 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) girl
11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
12. 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) flower
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) car
16. 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
17. 17.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) fork
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) star
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) fork
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) torch
23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) jar
25. 25.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
26. 26.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) popcorn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) tiger (c) bird
29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) circus
31. 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
32. 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) first (c) star
35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) shark
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) guitar
38. 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
39. 39.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor

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