R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 68 · 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 “er”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) popcorn
2. 2.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
3. 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) scarf
5. 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
6. 6.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) unicorn
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) corn
9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
10. 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
14. 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
15. 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) ladder
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) third
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) circus
19. 19.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
21. 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) torch
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) bird
24. 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
25. 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
26. 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) dart
28. 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
29. 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
31. 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
32. 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) burger
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) turtle
40. 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter

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