R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 460 · 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.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
2. 2.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) star
4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) turkey
6. 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) circus
9. 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) bird
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) car
12. 12.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) thermometer
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) dart
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) tiger
16. 16.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) third
18. 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
19. 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) spider
21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) first
23. 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
25. 25.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) scarf
27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) corn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) jar
32. 32.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
34. 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) torch
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) bird
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) guitar
39. 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) dart

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