R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 421 · 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.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
2. 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) shark
5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) jar (c) purple
7. 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) torch
9. 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) computer
11. 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
13. 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) yarn
16. 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
17. 17.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
19. 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
20. 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
21. 21.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) turkey
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) third
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) hammer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) yarn
26. 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
27. 27.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
28. 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) first
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) jar (c) torch
31. 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) scarf
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) ladder (c) burger
36. 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) flower
38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) car (c) burger

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