R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 134 · 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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
3. 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) star
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) torch
6. 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
7. 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) shark
10. 10.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) paper
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) turtle
13. 13.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) fork
15. 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) turtle
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) turtle
18. 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
19. 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
20. 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
21. 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) car
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) first (c) burger
25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
27. 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
28. 28.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
29. 29.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) purple
31. 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
32. 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
33. 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) turtle
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) jar
37. 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) first
39. 39.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
40. 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor

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