R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 768 · 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.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
2. 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) torch (c) girl
4. 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) torch
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) spider
8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) girl
10. 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
11. 11.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) popcorn (c) shark
13. 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
14. 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
15. 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
18. 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
19. 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) unicorn
21. 21.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) jar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) butter
24. 24.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) hammer
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) torch
27. 27.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) fork
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) circus
30. 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
32. 32.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
34. 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
35. 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
36. 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) car
38. 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
39. 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) dart

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