R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 537 · 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) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
2. 2.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
3. 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
4. 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) tiger
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) torch (c) hammer
7. 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
8. 8.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
9. 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) corn
11. 11.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) turkey
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) third
14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
15. 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
16. 16.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
17. 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
18. 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) girl
21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
22. 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) star
24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) dart
28. 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
29. 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) burger (c) corn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) burger
32. 32.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
33. 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
34. 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
35. 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) turtle
38. 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) jar
40. 40.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

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