R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 26 · 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.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) turkey
3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
5. 5.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) first (c) unicorn
7. 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) hammer
9. 9.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) turtle
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) circus
12. 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) car
14. 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
15. 15.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) circus
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) third
19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) ladder
21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) spider
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) corn
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) car
25. 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
27. 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
28. 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) circus
30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) tiger
32. 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
35. 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
36. 36.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) popcorn
40. 40.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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