R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 751 · 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.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) popcorn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) corn
4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) torch
6. 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
7. 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) corn
10. 10.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) shark
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) corn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) guitar
15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) jar
17. 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
18. 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) paper
20. 20.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
22. 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) turkey
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) scarf
25. 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
26. 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
27. 27.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) thermometer
29. 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) butter
31. 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
32. 32.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) fork
35. 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
36. 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
37. 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) paper
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) bird

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