R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 389 · 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.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) ladder
5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) computer
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) turtle
8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
9. 9.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) star
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) spider (c) unicorn
14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
15. 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
16. 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) car
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) corn
19. 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
21. 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
23. 23.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) turkey
26. 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
27. 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) girl (c) purple
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) dart
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) computer
31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
33. 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) third (c) butter
35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) bird
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) thermometer
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) corn
40. 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar

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