R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 76 · 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.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) fork
4. 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
5. 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
7. 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) paper
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) purple
10. 10.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) girl
13. 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
16. 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
19. 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
21. 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) turkey
23. 23.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
24. 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) scarf
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) purple
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) fork
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) guitar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) dart
30. 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
32. 32.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
33. 33.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) yarn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) star
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) popcorn
40. 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey

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