R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 86 · 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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
2. 2.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
3. 3.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) first
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) torch
6. 6.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) purple
11. 11.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) burger
13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
14. 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
15. 15.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) hammer
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) spider
18. 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
19. 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) butter (c) turtle
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) thermometer
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) bird
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) turtle
24. 24.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) star
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) jar
27. 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
31. 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
33. 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
34. 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
35. 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) guitar
37. 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) third
39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) paper

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