R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 249 · 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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) car
3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) circus
5. 5.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) guitar
7. 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) purple
9. 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) corn
11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) butter (c) purple
13. 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
15. 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
18. 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) turtle
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) fork
21. 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) star
23. 23.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
24. 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) third (c) dart
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) third (c) corn
27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) tiger
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) turkey
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) bird
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) hammer (c) circus
33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
34. 34.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
35. 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) guitar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) purple
38. 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
40. 40.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle

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