R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 352 · 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) ar (c) or
2. 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
3. 3.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) shark
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) girl
6. 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
7. 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
8. 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) burger
10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) guitar
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) first
16. 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
17. 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) unicorn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) torch
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) burger
21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
22. 22.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
24. 24.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
27. 27.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
28. 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
29. 29.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
31. 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
32. 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) yarn
34. 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) guitar
36. 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) hammer
38. 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) scarf
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) first

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