R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 695 · 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_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
3. 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) butter
5. 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) dart
7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
8. 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
9. 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
10. 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
13. 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
14. 14.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) ladder
16. 16.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
18. 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
19. 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
20. 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) fork
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) corn
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) purple
24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
25. 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) torch
27. 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) turtle
29. 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
30. 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) burger
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) turtle
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) butter
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turkey
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) torch
36. 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) circle
38. 38.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
39. 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) flower

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