R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 50 · 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) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) ladder
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) computer (c) first
4. 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
5. 5.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) jar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) turtle
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) popcorn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) third
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) turkey
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) circle (c) turtle
13. 13.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) bird
15. 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) dart
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) scarf
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) dart
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) bird
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) third
22. 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) circus
27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
28. 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
29. 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) circus
31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
32. 32.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
33. 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) scarf
35. 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
36. 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) scarf
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) torch
39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar

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