R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 794 · 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 has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) star
2. 2.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
3. 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
4. 4.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
5. 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) tiger
7. 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) butter
9. 9.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) ladder
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) car
12. 12.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
13. 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) hammer
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) turkey
16. 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
17. 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) flower
19. 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
20. 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
23. 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) corn
26. 26.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) turtle
28. 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) paper
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) jar
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) flower
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) purple
33. 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
34. 34.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
36. 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
37. 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
38. 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
39. 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor

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