R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 625 · 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.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
2. 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) hammer
4. 4.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) corn
6. 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
7. 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
10. 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
11. 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
12. 12.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
13. 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) first
17. 17.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) car
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) popcorn
20. 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
22. 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) fork
25. 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
26. 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
28. 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) dart
30. 30.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
31. 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) unicorn
33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
34. 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) paper
36. 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
38. 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) computer
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar

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