R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 817 · 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) girl (b) paper (c) popcorn
2. 2.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
3. 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) computer
6. 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) first
8. 8.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) turkey
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) circus
11. 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
13. 13.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
14. 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) shark
16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) girl
18. 18.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) torch
22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) bird
26. 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
27. 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
28. 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
30. 30.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) burger
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) guitar
34. 34.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
36. 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) circus
39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir

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