R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 616 · 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_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) girl
3. 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
4. 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) burger (c) unicorn
6. 6.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) torch
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) first (c) turtle
9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
10. 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) flower
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) dart
13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
14. 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) car
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) third
18. 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
19. 19.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) computer
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) circle
22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) circle
24. 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) spider
29. 29.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) yarn
32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
33. 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) third
35. 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
36. 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
38. 38.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) bird

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