R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 757 · 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.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) purple
3. 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
4. 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) car
6. 6.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) torch
8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
9. 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) star
11. 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
12. 12.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) turtle
14. 14.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
15. 15.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
16. 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) turkey
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) star (c) corn
19. 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) unicorn
22. 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) first (c) scarf
24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
25. 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) unicorn
27. 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) flower
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) dart
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) circus
33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) hammer
35. 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) turtle
37. 37.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
38. 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) third (c) turkey
40. 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

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