R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 645 · 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) ir (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
3. 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
5. 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
7. 7.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) burger
9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) computer
11. 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
12. 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) shark
14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) turtle
17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) car (c) hammer
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) guitar
20. 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
21. 21.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
23. 23.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
24. 24.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
25. 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
26. 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) jar
28. 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) star (c) thermometer
30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
31. 31.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) popcorn
33. 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) corn
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) circle (c) thermometer
37. 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
38. 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
39. 39.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
40. 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor

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