R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 588 · 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.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) paper
2. 2.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
3. 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
4. 4.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
5. 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
6. 6.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
7. 7.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
8. 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) hammer
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) circus
11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) fork
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) unicorn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) first
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) dart
20. 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
21. 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) butter
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) turtle
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) popcorn
25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
27. 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
28. 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
29. 29.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) car
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) third (c) fork
32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
33. 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) turtle
36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
37. 37.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
38. 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar

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