R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 449 · 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.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
4. 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) bird
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) dart (c) corn
7. 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
9. 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) scarf
11. 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
12. 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) circus
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) corn
16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) shark
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) computer
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) popcorn
21. 21.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
23. 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) burger
25. 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
26. 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) girl
28. 28.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) bird
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) burger
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
35. 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
37. 37.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
38. 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
39. 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) girl

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