R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 914 · 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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
2. 2.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
3. 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) tiger
5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
6. 6.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) hammer
8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circle
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) third
11. 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) car
13. 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
14. 14.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) butter
16. 16.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) jar
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) butter
19. 19.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) tiger
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) unicorn
22. 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) circle
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
26. 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) burger
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) first
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) burger
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) dart
31. 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
33. 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) third
35. 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
36. 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
38. 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
39. 39.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger

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