R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 288 · 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.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
2. 2.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
4. 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
5. 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) guitar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) corn
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) paper
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) guitar
10. 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) guitar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) yarn
14. 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
16. 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
17. 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) purple
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) scarf
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) dart
21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
22. 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) flower (c) dart
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) purple
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) burger
27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
29. 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
30. 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
31. 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
32. 32.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
33. 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) bird
36. 36.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
39. 39.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
40. 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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