R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 442 · 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) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) yarn
4. 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) turtle
7. 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
8. 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
9. 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
10. 10.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
11. 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) yarn
13. 13.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
14. 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
15. 15.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) purple
17. 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
18. 18.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circus
20. 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) shark (c) turtle
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) turtle
23. 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
24. 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) scarf
26. 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) scarf
28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) unicorn
30. 30.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) turkey
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) flower
33. 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) purple
35. 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) fork (c) paper
37. 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) tiger
40. 40.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

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