R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 298 · 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.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
3. 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) fork
5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
7. 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
8. 8.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) burger
11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) girl
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) ladder
14. 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
15. 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) car (c) corn
17. 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) fork
20. 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) star
22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
23. 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) jar (c) turkey
25. 25.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
26. 26.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
27. 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
28. 28.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
29. 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
30. 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) torch
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) popcorn
34. 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
35. 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
37. 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
38. 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
39. 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

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