R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 396 · 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.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
2. 2.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
3. 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) unicorn
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) fork
6. 6.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
7. 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) bird (c) tiger
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) thermometer
11. 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) circus
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) jar
14. 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) purple
17. 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
18. 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) paper
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) first
21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) bird
25. 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
26. 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) car (c) turtle
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) girl
29. 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) ladder
31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
33. 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
34. 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
35. 35.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
36. 36.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
37. 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) purple
39. 39.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn

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