R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 556 · 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.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) popcorn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) flower (c) popcorn
4. 4.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
5. 5.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
6. 6.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
8. 8.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
10. 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) scarf
13. 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
15. 15.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
16. 16.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) unicorn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) thermometer
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) hammer
20. 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) computer
22. 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
23. 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
26. 26.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) hammer
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) third
30. 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) paper
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) circle
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) thermometer
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) computer (c) circus
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) popcorn
37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
38. 38.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
39. 39.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple

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