R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 961 · 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.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
2. 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
5. 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) star (c) flower
7. 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
9. 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) corn
11. 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) corn
13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) third
15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) bird
17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) unicorn
19. 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
20. 20.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) hammer
26. 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) computer
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) thermometer
29. 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) guitar
31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
32. 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
34. 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
36. 36.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
37. 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) hammer
39. 39.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) car

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