R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 579 · 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.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) torch
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) turtle
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) computer
7. 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
8. 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
9. 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) car (c) bird
11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) butter
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) unicorn
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
15. 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) dart
17. 17.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) corn
19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) hammer
21. 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) turkey
23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) girl
25. 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
26. 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) shark
28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) jar
30. 30.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
31. 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
33. 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
34. 34.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
35. 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
36. 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
37. 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
38. 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er

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