R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 257 · 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) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
2. 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) turkey
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) scarf
5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) circle
7. 7.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
8. 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) first
10. 10.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
12. 12.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
13. 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) shark
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) star
17. 17.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) spider
19. 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) dart
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) ladder
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) turtle
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) circus
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) bird
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) fork
27. 27.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
28. 28.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
29. 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
30. 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
31. 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
32. 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
34. 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) purple (c) flower
37. 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) first
39. 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur

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