R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 65 · 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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) circle
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) circle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) turkey
5. 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
6. 6.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
7. 7.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) circle
9. 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
10. 10.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) scarf (c) first
12. 12.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
13. 13.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
14. 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
16. 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
19. 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) burger (c) girl
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) unicorn
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) turtle
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) fork
25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) spider
28. 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) first
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) flower
31. 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) spider
34. 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
35. 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) third
38. 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) purple
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) circle

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