R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 136 · 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) purple (b) dart (c) torch
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) fork
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) butter (c) circle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) circle
5. 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
6. 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
7. 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) star
9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
11. 11.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) torch (c) burger
13. 13.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
14. 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
15. 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) bird
18. 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
19. 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) butter
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) fork
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) car
23. 23.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) shark
25. 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
27. 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
28. 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
29. 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) flower
31. 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) dart
33. 33.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
34. 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
35. 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) third (c) torch
37. 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) third
39. 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur

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