R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 827 · 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.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) tiger
3. 3.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) turtle
6. 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
7. 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
8. 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
10. 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) star
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) car
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) butter
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) yarn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) corn (c) turtle
16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) fork
18. 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) fork
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) ladder
23. 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) circle
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) spider
29. 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
30. 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
31. 31.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
32. 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) computer
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) car (c) corn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) dart
36. 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) paper
38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
39. 39.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur

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