R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 583 · 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_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
3. 3.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
4. 4.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
5. 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) fork
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) yarn
11. 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
12. 12.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
13. 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
15. 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) turkey
17. 17.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
18. 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
21. 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) ladder
23. 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) butter
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) turtle
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) turtle
27. 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) computer
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) torch
31. 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) star
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) guitar
34. 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) car
36. 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
38. 38.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) burger

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