R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 544 · 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.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) first
3. 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) circle
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) fork
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) hammer
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) turkey
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) star (c) fork
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) dart
10. 10.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) bird
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) scarf
13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) torch
15. 15.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) butter
17. 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
19. 19.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
20. 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) burger
22. 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
24. 24.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
27. 27.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
28. 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
29. 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
30. 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
32. 32.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
33. 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
34. 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) butter
37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
39. 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
40. 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey

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