R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 139 · 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 “or”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) turtle
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) hammer
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) star (c) circus
4. 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) turtle
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
7. 7.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
8. 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
9. 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) circus
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) unicorn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) corn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) flower
14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) circus
16. 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) car
18. 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) hammer
21. 21.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) turkey
23. 23.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
24. 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
25. 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
26. 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
27. 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
28. 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
29. 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
31. 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) jar
33. 33.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
34. 34.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
35. 35.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) yarn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) girl
38. 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
39. 39.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
40. 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

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