R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 649 · 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) ir (b) or (c) ar
2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) flower
4. 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
5. 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) butter (c) turkey
8. 8.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) corn
11. 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
12. 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
13. 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
14. 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) turkey
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) tiger
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) computer (c) turtle
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) girl
19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) first
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) corn
22. 22.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) popcorn
24. 24.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) jar
27. 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) car
29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
32. 32.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) unicorn
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) turtle
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) shark
36. 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) torch
38. 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
39. 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

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