R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 416 · 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 has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) jar
2. 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
3. 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) corn
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) computer
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) bird
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) girl
8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) purple
10. 10.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) tiger
12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
13. 13.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) purple
15. 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) butter (c) circus
17. 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
18. 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
21. 21.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) fork
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) spider
25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) star
28. 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
29. 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) purple
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) yarn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) first
33. 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
34. 34.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf

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