R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 539 · 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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) circle
4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) circus
6. 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
7. 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
9. 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
11. 11.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
12. 12.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
13. 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) first
15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) turtle
17. 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) bird
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) scarf
20. 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) butter
22. 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
23. 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
24. 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) bird
26. 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circle
28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) shark (c) fork
30. 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
31. 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
32. 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) scarf
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) torch
35. 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) turkey
37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
38. 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
39. 39.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
40. 40.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

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