R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 536 · 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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
3. 3.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
4. 4.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) girl
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) flower (c) turkey
7. 7.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
8. 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) bird
10. 10.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) hammer (c) turtle
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) thermometer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) guitar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) burger
15. 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
18. 18.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
22. 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) girl
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) dart
25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) turkey
27. 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) third
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) popcorn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) flower
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) third (c) unicorn
32. 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
33. 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
34. 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) butter
36. 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
37. 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar

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