R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 11 · 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 “er”? (a) first (b) fork (c) flower
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) fork
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) computer
4. 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) jar
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) fork
8. 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
9. 9.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
10. 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
11. 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) first (c) popcorn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) unicorn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) corn
16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
18. 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
20. 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
21. 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
22. 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) dart
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) bird
25. 25.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
26. 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) ladder
28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
30. 30.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) shark
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) turtle
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) third
35. 35.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
36. 36.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) popcorn
38. 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
40. 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart

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