R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 41 · 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) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) bird
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) car (c) circle
8. 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
10. 10.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) star
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) fork
13. 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) girl
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) fork (c) turtle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) computer
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) flower
18. 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) flower
21. 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
22. 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
23. 23.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) third
26. 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
27. 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) turkey
29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
30. 30.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) popcorn
32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
33. 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
34. 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
39. 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
40. 40.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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