R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 506 · 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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
4. 4.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) star
6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) spider
8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) guitar
13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) turkey
17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) turkey
19. 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) torch
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) circus
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) torch
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) girl
24. 24.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
26. 26.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
27. 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) butter
31. 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) burger
34. 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) butter
36. 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
37. 37.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) star
39. 39.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) purple

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