R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 659 · 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.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) torch
2. 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
3. 3.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) first
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) spider (c) circle
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) scarf
8. 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
10. 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) shark
12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) circus
14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) car
16. 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
18. 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) butter
20. 20.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) first
22. 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) burger
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) third
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) third
26. 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) turtle
29. 29.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
31. 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) dart
33. 33.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
34. 34.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
37. 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) corn
39. 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
40. 40.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

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