R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 749 · 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.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
2. 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
3. 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) flower
7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) yarn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) circus
10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
11. 11.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) computer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) turtle
14. 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) first
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) turtle
17. 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) turkey
21. 21.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
22. 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) circus (c) turkey
24. 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) fork
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) third
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) circus
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) purple
29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
30. 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
31. 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
32. 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
35. 35.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) computer
39. 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) star

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