R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 362 · 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.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
2. 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) dart
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) unicorn
5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
7. 7.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) turtle
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) bird
10. 10.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) torch
12. 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) paper (c) purple
14. 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) dart
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) flower
18. 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) scarf
23. 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) computer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) ladder
26. 26.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
27. 27.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) jar
29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
30. 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) torch
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) girl
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) bird
35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) butter
37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
38. 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) yarn
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) butter

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