R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 690 · 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 “ar”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) burger
2. 2.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) bird (c) tiger
4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) jar
7. 7.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) spider
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) flower
11. 11.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) torch (c) thermometer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) turtle
14. 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) star (c) bird
18. 18.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) turtle
20. 20.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) unicorn
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) car
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) car
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) purple
25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
26. 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
29. 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
31. 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
33. 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) flower (c) turkey
35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
36. 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
38. 38.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

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