R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 259 · 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.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) paper
4. 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
5. 5.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circus (c) popcorn
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) turkey
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) jar
10. 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
11. 11.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
12. 12.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) car
14. 14.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) turkey
16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) dart
21. 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
23. 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
24. 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) spider
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) circus
27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
28. 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) corn
31. 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
32. 32.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) jar
34. 34.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) yarn
36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
37. 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
38. 38.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
39. 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) star

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