R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 469 · 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_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
4. 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
5. 5.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
7. 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
8. 8.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
9. 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circle (c) fork
11. 11.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) unicorn
13. 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
15. 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
16. 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) car (c) purple
18. 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
19. 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) circle
21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) corn
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) shark
24. 24.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
26. 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) car (c) first
28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
31. 31.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
32. 32.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) torch (c) turtle
34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) star
36. 36.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) corn
38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) scarf
40. 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar

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