R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 1 · 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 has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) burger (c) unicorn
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) girl (c) turtle
3. 3.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
4. 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) corn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) bird
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) third
8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) torch
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) burger
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) spider
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) star
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) flower
16. 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) popcorn
19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) circle
22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) flower (c) turkey
25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
26. 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
27. 27.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
28. 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
29. 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) hammer
31. 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
33. 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
37. 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) computer
39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
40. 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar

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