R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 500 · 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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
2. 2.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) popcorn
4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
5. 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
8. 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) guitar
10. 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) purple
13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
14. 14.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turkey
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) purple
17. 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) car
20. 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
21. 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) corn
25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) fork
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) butter
28. 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
29. 29.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) girl
31. 31.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) turkey
34. 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) third
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) turkey
37. 37.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
39. 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
40. 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

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