R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 860 · 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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) corn
3. 3.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) jar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) dart
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
7. 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
9. 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
10. 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
11. 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) jar
14. 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) ladder
16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) scarf
18. 18.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
19. 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
20. 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) spider (c) burger
22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) girl
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) corn
25. 25.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
26. 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) guitar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) burger
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) first
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) dart
31. 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) car
34. 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) bird
36. 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) bird
39. 39.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) paper

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