R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 870 · 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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) car
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) torch
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) star (c) popcorn
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) star
6. 6.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
7. 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
9. 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) scarf
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turtle
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) bird
13. 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) first (c) shark
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) turtle
16. 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) turtle
19. 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
20. 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
21. 21.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) bird
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) computer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) computer
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) turkey
27. 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) fork
29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
30. 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) spider
32. 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) circus
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) car
35. 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
36. 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
37. 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) circle
39. 39.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) circle

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