R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 504 · 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 has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) star
2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
3. 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
4. 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) corn
6. 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
7. 7.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
8. 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) flower (c) fork
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) third
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) first
13. 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) guitar
16. 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
17. 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) corn (c) yarn
19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) bird
24. 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) torch
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) dart
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) star (c) thermometer
29. 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) guitar
32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
34. 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) purple
38. 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
39. 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard

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