R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 308 · 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.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) star (c) popcorn
3. 3.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
4. 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
6. 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) tiger
10. 10.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
11. 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
12. 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
13. 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
14. 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
15. 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
16. 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) bird
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) turkey
19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) third (c) turtle
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) purple
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) guitar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) star
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) butter
26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
27. 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) scarf
29. 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
32. 32.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) corn
34. 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) torch
36. 36.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
37. 37.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) popcorn
40. 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert

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